#38AF89#38AF89

#38AF89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF89
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 137)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 21.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -42.05, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 43.23, 166.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.1168 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.12 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4739, 33.3045, 28.9588)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF89 #AF385E

analogous

#38AF4D #38AF89 #389AAF

triadic

#38AF89 #8938AF #AF8938

tetradic

#38AF89 #4D38AF #AF385E #9AAF38

square

#38AF89 #4D38AF #AF385E #9AAF38

split-complementary

#38AF89 #AF389A #AF4D38

monochromatic

#1A5240 #298165 #38AF89 #5ACAA6 #88D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38AF89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#38AF89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF89

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF89	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)

#ABA387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7ab',
    500: '#38af89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af89;
$custom-light: #7ec7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.84,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67828,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF89

secondary

#C38095

accent

#4D7ADB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF89

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

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