#38AE90#38AE90

#38AE90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE90
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 144)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -39.90, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 40.34, 171.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.1124 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.113 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7984, 33.1240, 31.6249)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE90 #AE3856

analogous

#38AE55 #38AE90 #3891AE

triadic

#38AE90 #9038AE #AE9038

tetradic

#38AE90 #5538AE #AE3856 #91AE38

square

#38AE90 #5538AE #AE3856 #91AE38

split-complementary

#38AE90 #AE3891 #AE5538

monochromatic

#1A5143 #29806A #38AE90 #59CAAD #88D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38AE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE90

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE90	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b0',
    500: '#38ae90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae90;
$custom-light: #7ec7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67765,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE90

secondary

#C37F90

accent

#4D71DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE90

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

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