#38AE8F#38AE8F

#38AE8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.114 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE8F
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 143)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 17.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -40.15, 6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 40.66, 170.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.1129 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.114 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7224, 33.0936, 31.2242)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE8F #AE3857

analogous

#38AE54 #38AE8F #3892AE

triadic

#38AE8F #8F38AE #AE8F38

tetradic

#38AE8F #5438AE #AE3857 #92AE38

square

#38AE8F #5438AE #AE3857 #92AE38

split-complementary

#38AE8F #AE3892 #AE5438

monochromatic

#1A5143 #298069 #38AE8F #59CAAC #88D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38AE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#38AE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE8F

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE8F	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A38E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.114 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7af',
    500: '#38ae8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae8f;
$custom-light: #7ec7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.237,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67737,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE8F

secondary

#C37F91

accent

#4D72DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE8F

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

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