#38AE8D#38AE8D

#38AE8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE8D
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 19%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -40.65, 7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 41.33, 169.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.1139 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.115 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5722, 33.0335, 30.4334)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE8D #AE3859

analogous

#38AE52 #38AE8D #3894AE

triadic

#38AE8D #8D38AE #AE8D38

tetradic

#38AE8D #5238AE #AE3859 #94AE38

square

#38AE8D #5238AE #AE3859 #94AE38

split-complementary

#38AE8D #AE3894 #AE5238

monochromatic

#1A5142 #298067 #38AE8D #59CAAA #88D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38AE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#38AE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE8D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE8D	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99978F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7ae',
    500: '#38ae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae8d;
$custom-light: #7dc7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.22,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67681,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE8D

secondary

#C37F92

accent

#4D75DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE8D

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

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