#38AC79#38AC79

#38AC79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.129 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC79
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(154, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 29.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -44.45, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 47.59, 159.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.1214 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.129 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8326, 31.7241, 23.1636)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC79 #AC386B

analogous

#38AC3F #38AC79 #38A5AC

triadic

#38AC79 #7938AC #AC7938

tetradic

#38AC79 #3F38AC #AC386B #A5AC38

square

#38AC79 #3F38AC #AC386B #A5AC38

split-complementary

#38AC79 #AC38A5 #AC3F38

monochromatic

#1A5038 #297E59 #38AC79 #58C997 #87D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38AC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#38AC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC79

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC79	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B947C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.129 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5a0',
    500: '#38ac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac79;
$custom-light: #7dc5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.621,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66654,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC79

secondary

#C27E9C

accent

#4D8BDA

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC79

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

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