#38B78C#38B78C

#38B78C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B78C
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 140)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 23.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -44.74, 12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 46.32, 164.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.1237 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.127 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2954, 36.5985, 30.6424)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B78C #B73863

analogous

#38B74D #38B78C #38A3B7

triadic

#38B78C #8C38B7 #B78C38

tetradic

#38B78C #4D38B7 #B73863 #A3B738

square

#38B78C #4D38B7 #B73863 #A3B738

split-complementary

#38B78C #B738A3 #B74D38

monochromatic

#1B5944 #2A8868 #38B78C #5ECEA8 #8DDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B78C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#38B78C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B78C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B78C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B78C	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdad',
    500: '#38b78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b78c;
$custom-light: #7fcdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.685,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69954,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B78C

secondary

#C7849B

accent

#4B7CDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B78C

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

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