#38AE78#38AE78

#38AE78 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.132 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE78
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 120)
HSL	hsl(153, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 31%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -45.49, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 49.07, 157.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.1239 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.132 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1551, 32.4667, 22.9702)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE78 #AE386E

analogous

#38AE3D #38AE78 #38A9AE

triadic

#38AE78 #7838AE #AE7838

tetradic

#38AE78 #3D38AE #AE386E #A9AE38

square

#38AE78 #3D38AE #AE386E #A9AE38

split-complementary

#38AE78 #AE38A9 #AE3D38

monochromatic

#1A5138 #298058 #38AE78 #59CA96 #88D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#38AE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE78

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE78	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D967B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.132 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc79f',
    500: '#38ae78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae78;
$custom-light: #7dc79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.542,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6715,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE78

secondary

#C37F9E

accent

#4D8EDB

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE78

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

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