#38B378#38B378

#38B378 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.139 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B378
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 120)
HSL	hsl(151, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(151, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 33%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -47.52, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 51.78, 156.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.1291 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.139 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1391, 34.4347, 23.2981)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B378 #B33873

analogous

#38B33B #38B378 #38B0B3

triadic

#38B378 #7838B3 #B37838

tetradic

#38B378 #3B38B3 #B33873 #B0B338

square

#38B378 #3B38B3 #B33873 #B0B338

split-complementary

#38B378 #B338B0 #B33B38

monochromatic

#1B5639 #298459 #38B378 #5CCC96 #8BDBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#38B378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B378

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B378	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.139 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecb9f',
    500: '#38b378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b378;
$custom-light: #7ecb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.22,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68448,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B378

secondary

#C582A2

accent

#4C91DC

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B378

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

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