#38AE94#38AE94

#38AE94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE94
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 148)
HSL	hsl(167, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 14.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -38.88, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 39.07, 174.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.1105 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.111 175)
XYZ	xyz(22.1096, 33.2485, 33.2636)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE94 #AE3852

analogous

#38AE59 #38AE94 #388DAE

triadic

#38AE94 #9438AE #AE9438

tetradic

#38AE94 #5938AE #AE3852 #8DAE38

square

#38AE94 #5938AE #AE3852 #8DAE38

split-complementary

#38AE94 #AE388D #AE5938

monochromatic

#1A5145 #29806D #38AE94 #59CAB1 #88D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AE94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#38AE94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE94

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE94	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b3',
    500: '#38ae94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae94;
$custom-light: #7ec7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.78,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.33251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE94

secondary

#C37F8E

accent

#4D6CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE94

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

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