#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
RGBrgb(56, 215, 155)
HSLhsl(157, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(157, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 0%, 27.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.16, -54.30, 18.20)
CIE-LCHlch(77.16, 57.27, 161.47°)
OKLaboklab(78.42% -0.1485 0.0463)
OKLCHoklch(78.42% 0.156 162.7)
XYZxyz(31.8443, 51.8044, 39.3249)
Luminance0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38D79B1.001.8511.3611.36
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3621.001.001.00
##00000011.3621.001.001.00

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

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#38D79B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva