#38B784#38B784

#38B784 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.134 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B784
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 132)
HSL	hsl(156, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 27.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -46.57, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 49.28, 160.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.1275 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.134 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7269, 36.3711, 27.6479)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B784 #B7386B

analogous

#38B745 #38B784 #38AAB7

triadic

#38B784 #8438B7 #B78438

tetradic

#38B784 #4538B7 #B7386B #AAB738

square

#38B784 #4538B7 #B7386B #AAB738

split-complementary

#38B784 #B738AA #B74538

monochromatic

#1B5940 #2A8862 #38B784 #5ECEA1 #8DDCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#38B784 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B784

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B784	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.134 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcda8',
    500: '#38b784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b784;
$custom-light: #7fcda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.906,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B784

secondary

#C7849F

accent

#4B86DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B784

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

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