#38B178#38B178

#38B178 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.136 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B178
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(152, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 32.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -46.71, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 50.70, 157.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.127 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.136 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7412, 33.6388, 23.1655)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B178 #B13871

analogous

#38B13C #38B178 #38ADB1

triadic

#38B178 #7838B1 #B17838

tetradic

#38B178 #3C38B1 #B13871 #ADB138

square

#38B178 #3C38B1 #B13871 #ADB138

split-complementary

#38B178 #B138AD #B13C38

monochromatic

#1B5439 #298358 #38B178 #5BCB96 #8ADAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38B178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#38B178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B178

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B178	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0987C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.136 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec99f',
    500: '#38b178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b178;
$custom-light: #7ec99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.736,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67929,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B178

secondary

#C481A0

accent

#4C90DB

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B178

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

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