#38AE79#38AE79

#38AE79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.132 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE79
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(153, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -45.27, 17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 48.68, 158.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.1235 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.132 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2161, 32.4911, 23.2914)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE79 #AE386D

analogous

#38AE3E #38AE79 #38A8AE

triadic

#38AE79 #7938AE #AE7938

tetradic

#38AE79 #3E38AE #AE386D #A8AE38

square

#38AE79 #3E38AE #AE386D #A8AE38

split-complementary

#38AE79 #AE38A8 #AE3E38

monochromatic

#1A5139 #298059 #38AE79 #59CA97 #88D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#38AE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE79

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE79	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D967C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.132 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc7a0',
    500: '#38ae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae79;
$custom-light: #7dc7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.051,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67173,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE79

secondary

#C37F9D

accent

#4D8DDB

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE79

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

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