#38AE99#38AE99

#38AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.108 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE99
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -37.58, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 37.60, 178.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.1082 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.108 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5139, 33.4102, 35.3931)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE99 #AE384D

analogous

#38AE5E #38AE99 #3888AE

triadic

#38AE99 #9938AE #AE9938

tetradic

#38AE99 #5E38AE #AE384D #88AE38

square

#38AE99 #5E38AE #AE384D #88AE38

split-complementary

#38AE99 #AE3888 #AE5E38

monochromatic

#1A5148 #298070 #38AE99 #59CAB6 #88D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#38AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE99

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE99	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96979B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.108 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b7',
    500: '#38ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae99;
$custom-light: #7ec7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.322,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68029,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE99

secondary

#C37F8B

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE99

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

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