#38B79D#38B79D

#38B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B79D
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -40.56, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 40.69, 175.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.1156 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.116 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6472, 37.1392, 37.7614)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B79D #B73852

analogous

#38B75E #38B79D #3891B7

triadic

#38B79D #9D38B7 #B79D38

tetradic

#38B79D #5E38B7 #B73852 #91B738

square

#38B79D #5E38B7 #B73852 #91B738

split-complementary

#38B79D #B73891 #B75E38

monochromatic

#1B594D #2A8875 #38B79D #5ECEB7 #8DDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#38B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B79D

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B79D	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdb9',
    500: '#38b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b79d;
$custom-light: #80cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.717,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B79D

secondary

#C78492

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B79D

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

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