#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
RGBrgb(56, 184, 120)
HSLhsl(150, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(150, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 34.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.88, -49.51, 22.70)
CIE-LCHlch(66.88, 54.47, 155.37°)
OKLaboklab(69.74% -0.1342 0.0571)
OKLCHoklch(69.74% 0.146 156.9)
XYZxyz(22.1594, 36.4753, 23.6383)
Luminance0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38B8781.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

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

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#38B878 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva