#38C78B#38C78B

#38C78B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.149 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C78B
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 30.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -51.48, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 55.03, 159.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.1403 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.149 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7118, 43.5486, 31.4190)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C78B #C73874

analogous

#38C744 #38C78B #38BBC7

triadic

#38C78B #8B38C7 #C78B38

tetradic

#38C78B #4438C7 #C73874 #BBC738

square

#38C78B #4438C7 #C73874 #BBC738

split-complementary

#38C78B #C738BB #C74438

monochromatic

#1D6748 #2B976A #38C78B #68D4A7 #98E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#38C78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C78B	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.149 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ad',
    500: '#38c78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c78b;
$custom-light: #82d9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.825,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C78B

secondary

#CD8DA8

accent

#4888DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C78B

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

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