#38C79E#38C79E

#38C79E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C79E
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 20.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -47.16, 9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 48.17, 168.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1314 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.134 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2226, 44.1529, 39.3761)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C79E #C73861

analogous

#38C756 #38C79E #38A9C7

triadic

#38C79E #9E38C7 #C79E38

tetradic

#38C79E #5638C7 #C73861 #A9C738

square

#38C79E #5638C7 #C73861 #A9C738

split-complementary

#38C79E #C738A9 #C75638

monochromatic

#1D6752 #2B9778 #38C79E #68D4B5 #98E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#38C79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C79E

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C79E	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ba',
    500: '#38c79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c79e;
$custom-light: #82d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.797,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C79E

secondary

#CD8DA0

accent

#4874DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C79E

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

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