#38B279#38B279

#38B279 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.137 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B279
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 32%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -46.91, 19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 50.84, 157.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.1276 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.137 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0004, 34.0597, 23.5529)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B279 #B23871

analogous

#38B23C #38B279 #38AEB2

triadic

#38B279 #7938B2 #B27938

tetradic

#38B279 #3C38B2 #B23871 #AEB238

square

#38B279 #3C38B2 #B23871 #AEB238

split-complementary

#38B279 #B238AE #B23C38

monochromatic

#1B553A #298359 #38B279 #5CCC97 #8ADAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38B279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#38B279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B279

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B279	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1997D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.137 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaa0',
    500: '#38b279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b279;
$custom-light: #7ecaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.967,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68211,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B279

secondary

#C581A1

accent

#4C8FDC

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B279

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

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