#38B879#38B879

#38B879 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.145 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B879
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 121)
HSL	hsl(150, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 34.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -49.31, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 54.07, 155.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.1337 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.145 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2204, 36.4997, 23.9595)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B879 #B83877

analogous

#38B839 #38B879 #38B7B8

triadic

#38B879 #7938B8 #B87938

tetradic

#38B879 #3938B8 #B83877 #B7B838

square

#38B879 #3938B8 #B83877 #B7B838

split-complementary

#38B879 #B838B7 #B83938

monochromatic

#1B5A3B #2A895A #38B879 #5FCE97 #8EDDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#38B879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B879

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B879	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)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.145 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcea0',
    500: '#38b879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b879;
$custom-light: #7fcea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.469,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69765,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B879

secondary

#C785A5

accent

#4B93DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B879

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

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