#38AE95#38AE95

#38AE95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.110 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE95
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 149)
HSL	hsl(167, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -38.62, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 38.77, 175.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.1101 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.11 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1891, 33.2803, 33.6823)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE95 #AE3851

analogous

#38AE5A #38AE95 #388CAE

triadic

#38AE95 #9538AE #AE9538

tetradic

#38AE95 #5A38AE #AE3851 #8CAE38

square

#38AE95 #5A38AE #AE3851 #8CAE38

split-complementary

#38AE95 #AE388C #AE5A38

monochromatic

#1A5146 #29806D #38AE95 #59CAB2 #88D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38AE95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#38AE95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE95

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE95	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.110 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b4',
    500: '#38ae95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae95;
$custom-light: #7ec7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.288,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67909,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE95

secondary

#C37F8D

accent

#4D6BDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE95

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

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