#38B78B#38B78B

#38B78B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B78B
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 139)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 24%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -44.98, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 46.68, 164.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.1242 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.128 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2221, 36.5692, 30.2558)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B78B #B73864

analogous

#38B74C #38B78B #38A3B7

triadic

#38B78B #8B38B7 #B78B38

tetradic

#38B78B #4C38B7 #B73864 #A3B738

square

#38B78B #4C38B7 #B73864 #A3B738

split-complementary

#38B78B #B738A3 #B74C38

monochromatic

#1B5944 #2A8867 #38B78B #5ECEA7 #8DDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#38B78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B78B

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B78B	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)

#B3AA89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdad',
    500: '#38b78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b78b;
$custom-light: #7fcdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.213,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69928,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B78B

secondary

#C7849B

accent

#4B7EDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B78B

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

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