#38AE82#38AE82

#38AE82 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.124 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE82
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 130)
HSL	hsl(158, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 25.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -43.27, 13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 45.24, 163.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.1191 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.124 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7940, 32.7223, 26.3349)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE82 #AE3864

analogous

#38AE47 #38AE82 #389FAE

triadic

#38AE82 #8238AE #AE8238

tetradic

#38AE82 #4738AE #AE3864 #9FAE38

square

#38AE82 #4738AE #AE3864 #9FAE38

split-complementary

#38AE82 #AE389F #AE4738

monochromatic

#1A513D #29805F #38AE82 #59CAA0 #88D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38AE82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#38AE82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE82

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE82	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.124 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7a6',
    500: '#38ae82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae82;
$custom-light: #7dc7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.627,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6739,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE82

secondary

#C37F98

accent

#4D82DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE82

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

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