#38B794#38B794

#38B794 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.122 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B794
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 148)
HSL	hsl(163, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 19.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -42.82, 7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 43.54, 169.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.1199 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.122 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9069, 36.8431, 33.8627)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B794 #B7385B

analogous

#38B755 #38B794 #389AB7

triadic

#38B794 #9438B7 #B79438

tetradic

#38B794 #5538B7 #B7385B #9AB738

square

#38B794 #5538B7 #B7385B #9AB738

split-complementary

#38B794 #B7389A #B75538

monochromatic

#1B5948 #2A886E #38B794 #5ECEAF #8DDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#38B794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B794

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B794	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.122 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb3',
    500: '#38b794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b794;
$custom-light: #7fcdb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.465,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70166,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B794

secondary

#C78496

accent

#4B73DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B794

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →