#38AE9D#38AE9D

#38AE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.106 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE9D
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 9.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -36.51, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 36.52, 181.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.1063 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.106 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8498, 33.5446, 37.1623)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE9D #AE3849

analogous

#38AE62 #38AE9D #3884AE

triadic

#38AE9D #9D38AE #AE9D38

tetradic

#38AE9D #6238AE #AE3849 #84AE38

square

#38AE9D #6238AE #AE3849 #84AE38

split-complementary

#38AE9D #AE3884 #AE6238

monochromatic

#1A5149 #298073 #38AE9D #59CABA #88D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38AE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#38AE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE9D

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE9D	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.106 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b9',
    500: '#38ae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae9d;
$custom-light: #7ec7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.356,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68153,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE9D

secondary

#C37F89

accent

#4D61DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE9D

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

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