#38B79C#38B79C

#38B79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B79C
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 14.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -40.81, 3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 40.99, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.1161 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.116 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5621, 37.1052, 37.3136)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B79C #B73853

analogous

#38B75D #38B79C #3893B7

triadic

#38B79C #9C38B7 #B79C38

tetradic

#38B79C #5D38B7 #B73853 #93B738

square

#38B79C #5D38B7 #B73853 #93B738

split-complementary

#38B79C #B73893 #B75D38

monochromatic

#1B594C #2A8874 #38B79C #5ECEB6 #8DDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#38B79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B79C

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B79C	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdb9',
    500: '#38b79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b79c;
$custom-light: #80cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.244,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70392,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B79C

secondary

#C78492

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B79C

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

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