#38D79D#38D79D

#38D79D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.154 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D79D
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 157)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 27%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -53.86, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 56.54, 162.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1476 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.154 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0136, 51.8721, 40.2169)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D79D #D73872

analogous

#38D74D #38D79D #38C2D7

triadic

#38D79D #9D38D7 #D79D38

tetradic

#38D79D #4D38D7 #D73872 #C2D738

square

#38D79D #4D38D7 #D73872 #C2D738

split-complementary

#38D79D #D738C2 #D74D38

monochromatic

#197C58 #23AF7C #38D79D #6BE1B6 #9EEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#38D79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D79D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D79D	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.154 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e4ba',
    500: '#38d79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d79d;
$custom-light: #85e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.113,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78469,
    "c": 0.15398,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D79D

secondary

#83304E

accent

#3E7DE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D79D

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

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