#38C78C#38C78C

#38C78C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.148 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C78C
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 140)
HSL	hsl(155, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 29.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -51.27, 18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 54.65, 159.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.1399 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.148 161)
XYZ	xyz(26.7852, 43.5780, 31.8056)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C78C #C73873

analogous

#38C745 #38C78C #38BAC7

triadic

#38C78C #8C38C7 #C78C38

tetradic

#38C78C #4538C7 #C73873 #BAC738

square

#38C78C #4538C7 #C73873 #BAC738

split-complementary

#38C78C #C738BA #C74538

monochromatic

#1D6749 #2B976A #38C78C #68D4A8 #98E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C78C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#38C78C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C78C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C78C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C78C	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.148 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ad',
    500: '#38c78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c78c;
$custom-light: #82d9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.245,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C78C

secondary

#CD8DA8

accent

#4887DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C78C

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

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