#38C79A#38C79A

#38C79A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.137 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C79A
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 154)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 22.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -48.11, 11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 49.55, 166.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1333 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.137 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8839, 44.0174, 37.5922)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C79A #C73865

analogous

#38C753 #38C79A #38ACC7

triadic

#38C79A #9A38C7 #C79A38

tetradic

#38C79A #5338C7 #C73865 #ACC738

square

#38C79A #5338C7 #C73865 #ACC738

split-complementary

#38C79A #C738AC #C75338

monochromatic

#1D6750 #2B9775 #38C79A #68D4B2 #98E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#38C79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C79A

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C79A	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b7',
    500: '#38c79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c79a;
$custom-light: #82d9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.119,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C79A

secondary

#CD8DA2

accent

#4878DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C79A

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

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