#38B79E#38B79E

#38B79E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B79E
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -40.30, 2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 40.39, 176.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.1152 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.115 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7329, 37.1735, 38.2128)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B79E #B73851

analogous

#38B75F #38B79E #3891B7

triadic

#38B79E #9E38B7 #B79E38

tetradic

#38B79E #5F38B7 #B73851 #91B738

square

#38B79E #5F38B7 #B73851 #91B738

split-complementary

#38B79E #B73891 #B75F38

monochromatic

#1B594D #2A8876 #38B79E #5ECEB8 #8DDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#38B79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B79E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B79E	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdba',
    500: '#38b79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b79e;
$custom-light: #80cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.189,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7045,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B79E

secondary

#C78491

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B79E

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

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