#38C79D#38C79D

#38C79D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C79D
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 21.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -47.40, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 48.51, 167.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.1319 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.134 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1369, 44.1186, 38.9246)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C79D #C73862

analogous

#38C756 #38C79D #38A9C7

triadic

#38C79D #9D38C7 #C79D38

tetradic

#38C79D #5638C7 #C73862 #A9C738

square

#38C79D #5638C7 #C73862 #A9C738

split-complementary

#38C79D #C738A9 #C75638

monochromatic

#1D6752 #2B9777 #38C79D #68D4B5 #98E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#38C79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C79D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C79D	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ba',
    500: '#38c79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c79d;
$custom-light: #82d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.378,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C79D

secondary

#CD8DA0

accent

#4875DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C79D

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

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