#38B79F#38B79F

#38B79F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B79F
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 159)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 13.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -40.04, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 40.10, 176.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.1147 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.115 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8193, 37.2081, 38.6680)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B79F #B73850

analogous

#38B75F #38B79F #3890B7

triadic

#38B79F #9F38B7 #B79F38

tetradic

#38B79F #5F38B7 #B73850 #90B738

square

#38B79F #5F38B7 #B73850 #90B738

split-complementary

#38B79F #B73890 #B75F38

monochromatic

#1B594E #2A8876 #38B79F #5ECEB9 #8DDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#38B79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B79F

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B79F	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)

#B0AC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdbb',
    500: '#38b79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b79f;
$custom-light: #80cdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.661,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7048,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B79F

secondary

#C78491

accent

#4B67DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B79F

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

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