#38B78D#38B78D

#38B78D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B78D
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 23%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -44.51, 11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 45.97, 165.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.1232 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.127 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3695, 36.6282, 31.0325)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B78D #B73862

analogous

#38B74D #38B78D #38A2B7

triadic

#38B78D #8D38B7 #B78D38

tetradic

#38B78D #4D38B7 #B73862 #A2B738

square

#38B78D #4D38B7 #B73862 #A2B738

split-complementary

#38B78D #B738A2 #B74D38

monochromatic

#1B5945 #2A8869 #38B78D #5ECEA9 #8DDCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B78D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#38B78D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B78D

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B78D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B78D	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b78d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdae',
    500: '#38b78d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b78d;
$custom-light: #7fcdae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b78d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.157,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6998,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B78D

secondary

#C7849A

accent

#4B7BDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B78D

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

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