#38B079#38B079

#38B079 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B079
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 121)
HSL	hsl(153, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 31.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -46.09, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 49.76, 157.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.1255 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.134 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6054, 33.2696, 23.4212)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B079 #B0386F

analogous

#38B03D #38B079 #38ABB0

triadic

#38B079 #7938B0 #B07938

tetradic

#38B079 #3D38B0 #B0386F #ABB038

square

#38B079 #3D38B0 #B0386F #ABB038

split-complementary

#38B079 #B038AB #B03D38

monochromatic

#1A5339 #298259 #38B079 #5BCB97 #89D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38B079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#38B079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B079

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B079	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc8a0',
    500: '#38b079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b079;
$custom-light: #7dc8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67692,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B079

secondary

#C4809F

accent

#4D8EDB

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B079

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

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