#38AE87#38AE87

#38AE87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.120 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE87
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -42.10, 10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 43.42, 165.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.1167 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.12 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1378, 32.8598, 28.1455)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE87 #AE385F

analogous

#38AE4C #38AE87 #389AAE

triadic

#38AE87 #8738AE #AE8738

tetradic

#38AE87 #4C38AE #AE385F #9AAE38

square

#38AE87 #4C38AE #AE385F #9AAE38

split-complementary

#38AE87 #AE389A #AE4C38

monochromatic

#1A513F #298063 #38AE87 #59CAA5 #88D9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38AE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#38AE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE87

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE87	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#AAA285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A968A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.120 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7aa',
    500: '#38ae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae87;
$custom-light: #7dc7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.169,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67519,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE87

secondary

#C37F95

accent

#4D7CDB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE87

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

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