#38AE91#38AE91

#38AE91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE91
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 145)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 16.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -39.65, 5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 40.01, 172.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.112 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.113 173)
XYZ	xyz(21.8752, 33.1547, 32.0292)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE91 #AE3855

analogous

#38AE56 #38AE91 #3890AE

triadic

#38AE91 #9138AE #AE9138

tetradic

#38AE91 #5638AE #AE3855 #90AE38

square

#38AE91 #5638AE #AE3855 #90AE38

split-complementary

#38AE91 #AE3890 #AE5638

monochromatic

#1A5144 #29806A #38AE91 #59CAAE #88D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AE91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38AE91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE91

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE91	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)

#A8A390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b1',
    500: '#38ae91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae91;
$custom-light: #7ec7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.254,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67793,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.33157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE91

secondary

#C37F90

accent

#4D70DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE91

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

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