#38AE8E#38AE8E

#38AE8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE8E
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -40.40, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 41.00, 170.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.1134 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.115 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6469, 33.0634, 30.8270)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE8E #AE3858

analogous

#38AE53 #38AE8E #3893AE

triadic

#38AE8E #8E38AE #AE8E38

tetradic

#38AE8E #5338AE #AE3858 #93AE38

square

#38AE8E #5338AE #AE3858 #93AE38

split-complementary

#38AE8E #AE3893 #AE5338

monochromatic

#1A5142 #298068 #38AE8E #59CAAB #88D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38AE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#38AE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE8E

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE8E	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)

#A9A38C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7af',
    500: '#38ae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae8e;
$custom-light: #7ec7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.729,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67709,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE8E

secondary

#C37F91

accent

#4D73DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE8E

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

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