#38AE97#38AE97

#38AE97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE97
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -38.10, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 38.17, 176.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.1091 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.109 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3501, 33.3447, 34.5304)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE97 #AE384F

analogous

#38AE5C #38AE97 #388AAE

triadic

#38AE97 #9738AE #AE9738

tetradic

#38AE97 #5C38AE #AE384F #8AAE38

square

#38AE97 #5C38AE #AE384F #8AAE38

split-complementary

#38AE97 #AE388A #AE5C38

monochromatic

#1A5147 #29806F #38AE97 #59CAB4 #88D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38AE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#38AE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE97

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE97	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b5',
    500: '#38ae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae97;
$custom-light: #7ec7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.305,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67969,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE97

secondary

#C37F8C

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE97

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

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