#38B780#38B780

#38B780 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.137 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B780
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 128)
HSL	hsl(154, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 30.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -47.44, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 50.80, 159.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.1294 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.137 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4584, 36.2637, 26.2339)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B780 #B7386F

analogous

#38B741 #38B780 #38AFB7

triadic

#38B780 #8038B7 #B78038

tetradic

#38B780 #4138B7 #B7386F #AFB738

square

#38B780 #4138B7 #B7386F #AFB738

split-complementary

#38B780 #B738AF #B74138

monochromatic

#1B593E #2A885F #38B780 #5ECE9E #8DDCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#38B780 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B780

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B780	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcda5',
    500: '#38b780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b780;
$custom-light: #7fcda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.016,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69662,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B780

secondary

#C784A1

accent

#4B8ADD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B780

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

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