#38B779#38B779

#38B779 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.144 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B779
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 121)
HSL	hsl(151, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(151, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 33.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -48.91, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 53.54, 156.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.1327 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.144 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0135, 36.0857, 23.8905)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B779 #B73876

analogous

#38B73A #38B779 #38B6B7

triadic

#38B779 #7938B7 #B77938

tetradic

#38B779 #3A38B7 #B73876 #B6B738

square

#38B779 #3A38B7 #B73876 #B6B738

split-complementary

#38B779 #B738B6 #B73A38

monochromatic

#1B593B #2A885A #38B779 #5ECE97 #8DDCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#38B779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B779

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B779	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.144 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcda0',
    500: '#38b779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b779;
$custom-light: #7fcda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.709,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69506,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B779

secondary

#C784A5

accent

#4B92DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B779

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

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