#38C79F#38C79F

#38C79F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C79F
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 159)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 20.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -46.92, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 47.83, 168.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.1309 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.133 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3090, 44.1875, 39.8312)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C79F #C73860

analogous

#38C758 #38C79F #38A7C7

triadic

#38C79F #9F38C7 #C79F38

tetradic

#38C79F #5838C7 #C73860 #A7C738

square

#38C79F #5838C7 #C73860 #A7C738

split-complementary

#38C79F #C738A7 #C75838

monochromatic

#1D6753 #2B9779 #38C79F #68D4B6 #98E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#38C79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C79F

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C79F	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9bb',
    500: '#38c79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c79f;
$custom-light: #82d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.217,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C79F

secondary

#CD8D9F

accent

#4873DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C79F

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

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