#38AF8E#38AF8E

#38AF8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF8E
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 142)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 18.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -40.84, 7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 41.50, 169.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.1144 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.116 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8409, 33.4513, 30.8916)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF8E #AF3859

analogous

#38AF52 #38AF8E #3895AF

triadic

#38AF8E #8E38AF #AF8E38

tetradic

#38AF8E #5238AF #AF3859 #95AF38

square

#38AF8E #5238AF #AF3859 #95AF38

split-complementary

#38AF8E #AF3895 #AF5238

monochromatic

#1A5243 #298168 #38AF8E #5ACAAB #88D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38AF8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#38AF8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF8E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF8E	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA38C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7af',
    500: '#38af8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af8e;
$custom-light: #7ec7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.361,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67964,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF8E

secondary

#C38092

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF8E

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

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