#38AC76#38AC76

#38AC76 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.132 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC76
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 118)
HSL	hsl(152, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 31.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -45.09, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 48.77, 157.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.1228 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.132 159)
XYZ	xyz(19.6515, 31.6517, 22.2097)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC76 #AC386E

analogous

#38AC3C #38AC76 #38A8AC

triadic

#38AC76 #7638AC #AC7638

tetradic

#38AC76 #3C38AC #AC386E #A8AC38

square

#38AC76 #3C38AC #AC386E #A8AC38

split-complementary

#38AC76 #AC38A8 #AC3C38

monochromatic

#1A5037 #297E56 #38AC76 #58C994 #87D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38AC76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#38AC76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC76

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC76	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.132 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc59d',
    500: '#38ac76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac76;
$custom-light: #7dc59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.069,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66585,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.31654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC76

secondary

#C27E9E

accent

#4D8FDA

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC76

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

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