#38D79C#38D79C

#38D79C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.155 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D79C
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 27.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -54.08, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 56.90, 161.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.1481 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.155 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9286, 51.8381, 39.7691)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D79C #D73873

analogous

#38D74C #38D79C #38C2D7

triadic

#38D79C #9C38D7 #D79C38

tetradic

#38D79C #4C38D7 #D73873 #C2D738

square

#38D79C #4C38D7 #D73873 #C2D738

split-complementary

#38D79C #D738C2 #D74C38

monochromatic

#197C57 #23AF7B #38D79C #6BE1B5 #9EEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#38D79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D79C

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D79C	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.155 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e4b9',
    500: '#38d79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d79c;
$custom-light: #85e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.736,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78445,
    "c": 0.15478,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D79C

secondary

#83304F

accent

#3E7EE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D79C

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

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