#38C78A#38C78A

#38C78A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.150 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C78A
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 138)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 30.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -51.69, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 55.41, 158.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.1408 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.15 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6390, 43.5195, 31.0360)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C78A #C73875

analogous

#38C743 #38C78A #38BCC7

triadic

#38C78A #8A38C7 #C78A38

tetradic

#38C78A #4338C7 #C73875 #BCC738

square

#38C78A #4338C7 #C73875 #BCC738

split-complementary

#38C78A #C738BC #C74338

monochromatic

#1D6748 #2B9769 #38C78A #68D4A6 #98E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C78A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#38C78A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C78A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C78A	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c78a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.150 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ac',
    500: '#38c78a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c78a;
$custom-light: #82d9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c78a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.406,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C78A

secondary

#CD8DA9

accent

#4889DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C78A

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

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