#38D79B#38D79B

#38D79B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.156 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D79B
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(157, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 27.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -54.30, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 57.27, 161.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.1485 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.156 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8443, 51.8044, 39.3249)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D79B #D73874

analogous

#38D74B #38D79B #38C4D7

triadic

#38D79B #9B38D7 #D79B38

tetradic

#38D79B #4B38D7 #D73874 #C4D738

square

#38D79B #4B38D7 #D73874 #C4D738

split-complementary

#38D79B #D738C4 #D74B38

monochromatic

#197C56 #23AF7A #38D79B #6BE1B5 #9EEBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#38D79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D79B

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D79B	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.156 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e4b8',
    500: '#38d79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d79b;
$custom-light: #85e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.358,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78422,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D79B

secondary

#83304F

accent

#3E7FE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D79B

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

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