#38AE80#38AE80

#38AE80 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE80
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 128)
HSL	hsl(157, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 26.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -43.73, 14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 45.99, 161.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.1201 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.125 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6611, 32.6691, 25.6348)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE80 #AE3866

analogous

#38AE45 #38AE80 #38A1AE

triadic

#38AE80 #8038AE #AE8038

tetradic

#38AE80 #4538AE #AE3866 #A1AE38

square

#38AE80 #4538AE #AE3866 #A1AE38

split-complementary

#38AE80 #AE38A1 #AE4538

monochromatic

#1A513C #29805E #38AE80 #59CA9E #88D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#38AE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE80

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE80	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7a5',
    500: '#38ae80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae80;
$custom-light: #7dc7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.61,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67341,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE80

secondary

#C37F99

accent

#4D84DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE80

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

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