#38AF8A#38AF8A

#38AF8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.119 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF8A
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 138)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 21.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -41.81, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 42.88, 167.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.1163 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.119 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5459, 33.3333, 29.3383)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF8A #AF385D

analogous

#38AF4F #38AF8A #3898AF

triadic

#38AF8A #8A38AF #AF8A38

tetradic

#38AF8A #4F38AF #AF385D #98AF38

square

#38AF8A #4F38AF #AF385D #98AF38

split-complementary

#38AF8A #AF3898 #AF4F38

monochromatic

#1A5241 #298165 #38AF8A #5ACAA7 #88D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38AF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#38AF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF8A

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF8A	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)

#ABA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.119 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7ac',
    500: '#38af8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af8a;
$custom-light: #7ec7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.345,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67855,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF8A

secondary

#C38095

accent

#4D79DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF8A

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

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