#38B878#38B878

#38B878 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.146 H 156.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B878
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 120)
HSL	hsl(150, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 34.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -49.51, 22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 54.47, 155.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.1342 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.146 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1594, 36.4753, 23.6383)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B878 #B83878

analogous

#38B838 #38B878 #38B8B8

triadic

#38B878 #7838B8 #B87838

tetradic

#38B878 #3838B8 #B83878 #B8B838

square

#38B878 #3838B8 #B83878 #B8B838

split-complementary

#38B878 #B838B8 #B83838

monochromatic

#1B5A3B #2A8959 #38B878 #5FCE97 #8EDDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#38B878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B878

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B878	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.146 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fce9f',
    500: '#38b878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b878;
$custom-light: #7fce9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69743,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B878

secondary

#C785A6

accent

#4B94DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B878

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

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