#38B579#38B579

#38B579 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.141 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B579
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 121)
HSL	hsl(151, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(151, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -48.12, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 52.46, 156.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.1307 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.141 158)
XYZ	xyz(21.6039, 35.2666, 23.7540)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B579 #B53874

analogous

#38B53B #38B579 #38B3B5

triadic

#38B579 #7938B5 #B57938

tetradic

#38B579 #3B38B5 #B53874 #B3B538

square

#38B579 #3B38B5 #B53874 #B3B538

split-complementary

#38B579 #B538B3 #B53B38

monochromatic

#1B583B #2A865A #38B579 #5DCD97 #8CDBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38B579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B579

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B579	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.141 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecca0',
    500: '#38b579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b579;
$custom-light: #7ecca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.2,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68988,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.35269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B579

secondary

#C683A3

accent

#4C91DC

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B579

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

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