#38AF9D#38AF9D

#38AF9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF9D
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -36.97, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 36.97, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.1074 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.107 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0438, 33.9324, 37.2269)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF9D #AF384A

analogous

#38AF61 #38AF9D #3886AF

triadic

#38AF9D #9D38AF #AF9D38

tetradic

#38AF9D #6138AF #AF384A #86AF38

square

#38AF9D #6138AF #AF384A #86AF38

split-complementary

#38AF9D #AF3886 #AF6138

monochromatic

#1A524A #298173 #38AF9D #5ACAB9 #88D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38AF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#38AF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF9D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF9D	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7b9',
    500: '#38af9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af9d;
$custom-light: #7fc7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.924,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68405,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF9D

secondary

#C3808A

accent

#4D62DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF9D

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

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