#38AD95#38AD95

#38AD95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD95
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 149)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 13.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -38.18, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 38.29, 175.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.109 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.109 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9966, 32.8954, 33.6181)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD95 #AD3850

analogous

#38AD5A #38AD95 #388BAD

triadic

#38AD95 #9538AD #AD9538

tetradic

#38AD95 #5A38AD #AD3850 #8BAD38

square

#38AD95 #5A38AD #AD3850 #8BAD38

split-complementary

#38AD95 #AD388B #AD5A38

monochromatic

#1A5145 #297F6D #38AD95 #59C9B2 #87D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38AD95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#38AD95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD95

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD95	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6b4',
    500: '#38ad95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad95;
$custom-light: #7ec6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.692,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67656,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD95

secondary

#C27F8C

accent

#4D6ADB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD95

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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