#38AE76#38AE76

#38AE76 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.134 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE76
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(152, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 32.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -45.91, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 49.86, 157.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.1249 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.134 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0350, 32.4187, 22.3376)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE76 #AE3870

analogous

#38AE3B #38AE76 #38ABAE

triadic

#38AE76 #7638AE #AE7638

tetradic

#38AE76 #3B38AE #AE3870 #ABAE38

square

#38AE76 #3B38AE #AE3870 #ABAE38

split-complementary

#38AE76 #AE38AB #AE3B38

monochromatic

#1A5137 #298057 #38AE76 #59CA94 #88D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#38AE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE76

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE76	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D967A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.134 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc79d',
    500: '#38ae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae76;
$custom-light: #7dc79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.525,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67105,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE76

secondary

#C37F9F

accent

#4D90DB

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE76

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

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