#38B78A#38B78A

#38B78A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.129 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B78A
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 138)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 24.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -45.21, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 47.05, 163.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.1246 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.129 165)
XYZ	xyz(23.1493, 36.5401, 29.8728)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B78A #B73865

analogous

#38B74B #38B78A #38A5B7

triadic

#38B78A #8A38B7 #B78A38

tetradic

#38B78A #4B38B7 #B73865 #A5B738

square

#38B78A #4B38B7 #B73865 #A5B738

split-complementary

#38B78A #B738A5 #B74B38

monochromatic

#1B5943 #2A8867 #38B78A #5ECEA6 #8DDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B78A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#38B78A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B78A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B78A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B78A	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b78a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.129 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdac',
    500: '#38b78a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b78a;
$custom-light: #7fcdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b78a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.74,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69903,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.36543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B78A

secondary

#C7849C

accent

#4B7FDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B78A

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

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