#38B979#38B979

#38B979 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.146 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B979
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 121)
HSL	hsl(150, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 34.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -49.71, 22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 54.61, 155.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.1347 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.146 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4289, 36.9166, 24.0290)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B979 #B93878

analogous

#38B939 #38B979 #38B8B9

triadic

#38B979 #7938B9 #B97938

tetradic

#38B979 #3938B9 #B93878 #B8B938

square

#38B979 #3938B9 #B93878 #B8B938

split-complementary

#38B979 #B938B8 #B93938

monochromatic

#1C5B3C #2A8A5A #38B979 #5FCF98 #8EDDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#38B979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B979

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B979	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.146 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa0',
    500: '#38b979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b979;
$custom-light: #7fcfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.233,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B979

secondary

#C885A6

accent

#4B93DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B979

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

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