#38AE86#38AE86

#38AE86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.121 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE86
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -42.34, 11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 43.78, 165.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.1172 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.121 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0677, 32.8318, 27.7765)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE86 #AE3860

analogous

#38AE4B #38AE86 #389BAE

triadic

#38AE86 #8638AE #AE8638

tetradic

#38AE86 #4B38AE #AE3860 #9BAE38

square

#38AE86 #4B38AE #AE3860 #9BAE38

split-complementary

#38AE86 #AE389B #AE4B38

monochromatic

#1A513F #298062 #38AE86 #59CAA4 #88D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38AE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#38AE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE86

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE86	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.121 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7a9',
    500: '#38ae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae86;
$custom-light: #7dc7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.661,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67493,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE86

secondary

#C37F96

accent

#4D7DDB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE86

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

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