#38B79A#38B79A

#38B79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B79A
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 15.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -41.33, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 41.60, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.1171 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.118 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3942, 37.0380, 36.4290)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B79A #B73855

analogous

#38B75B #38B79A #3895B7

triadic

#38B79A #9A38B7 #B79A38

tetradic

#38B79A #5B38B7 #B73855 #95B738

square

#38B79A #5B38B7 #B73855 #95B738

split-complementary

#38B79A #B73895 #B75B38

monochromatic

#1B594B #2A8873 #38B79A #5ECEB4 #8DDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B79A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B79A	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdb7',
    500: '#38b79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b79a;
$custom-light: #80cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.299,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70334,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B79A

secondary

#C78493

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B79A

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

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