#38AE8B#38AE8B

#38AE8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE8B
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 139)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 20.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -41.14, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 42.01, 168.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.1148 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.117 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4247, 32.9746, 29.6567)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE8B #AE385B

analogous

#38AE50 #38AE8B #3896AE

triadic

#38AE8B #8B38AE #AE8B38

tetradic

#38AE8B #5038AE #AE385B #96AE38

square

#38AE8B #5038AE #AE385B #96AE38

split-complementary

#38AE8B #AE3896 #AE5038

monochromatic

#1A5141 #298066 #38AE8B #59CAA8 #88D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38AE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#38AE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE8B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE8B	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99978D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7ac',
    500: '#38ae8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae8b;
$custom-light: #7dc7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.203,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67626,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE8B

secondary

#C37F93

accent

#4D77DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE8B

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

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