#38AF8F#38AF8F

#38AF8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF8F
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 143)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 18.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -40.59, 6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 41.17, 170.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.114 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.115 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9163, 33.4814, 31.2888)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF8F #AF3858

analogous

#38AF54 #38AF8F #3893AF

triadic

#38AF8F #8F38AF #AF8F38

tetradic

#38AF8F #5438AF #AF3858 #93AF38

square

#38AF8F #5438AF #AF3858 #93AF38

split-complementary

#38AF8F #AF3893 #AF5438

monochromatic

#1A5243 #298169 #38AF8F #5ACAAC #88D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38AF8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#38AF8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF8F

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF8F	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7af',
    500: '#38af8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af8f;
$custom-light: #7ec7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.866,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67992,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF8F

secondary

#C38092

accent

#4D73DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF8F

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

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