#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
RGBrgb(56, 215, 157)
HSLhsl(158, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(158, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 0%, 27%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.20, -53.86, 17.20)
CIE-LCHlch(77.20, 56.54, 162.29°)
OKLaboklab(78.47% -0.1476 0.0438)
OKLCHoklch(78.47% 0.154 163.5)
XYZxyz(32.0136, 51.8721, 40.2169)
Luminance0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38D79D1.001.8511.3811.38
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3821.001.001.00
##00000011.3821.001.001.00

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

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#38D79D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva