#38B79B#38B79B

#38B79B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B79B
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -41.07, 4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 41.29, 174.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.1166 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.117 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4778, 37.0715, 36.8695)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B79B #B73854

analogous

#38B75C #38B79B #3894B7

triadic

#38B79B #9B38B7 #B79B38

tetradic

#38B79B #5C38B7 #B73854 #94B738

square

#38B79B #5C38B7 #B73854 #94B738

split-complementary

#38B79B #B73894 #B75C38

monochromatic

#1B594C #2A8873 #38B79B #5ECEB5 #8DDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B79B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B79B	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)

#B1AB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdb8',
    500: '#38b79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b79b;
$custom-light: #80cdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.772,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70363,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B79B

secondary

#C78493

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B79B

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

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