#38AE8A#38AE8A

#38AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE8A
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -41.38, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 42.36, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.1153 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.118 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3520, 32.9455, 29.2736)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE8A #AE385C

analogous

#38AE4F #38AE8A #3897AE

triadic

#38AE8A #8A38AE #AE8A38

tetradic

#38AE8A #4F38AE #AE385C #97AE38

square

#38AE8A #4F38AE #AE385C #97AE38

split-complementary

#38AE8A #AE3897 #AE4F38

monochromatic

#1A5141 #298065 #38AE8A #59CAA7 #88D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#38AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE8A

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE8A	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7ac',
    500: '#38ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae8a;
$custom-light: #7dc7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.695,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67599,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE8A

secondary

#C37F94

accent

#4D78DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE8A

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

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