#38D79E#38D79E
#38D79E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.153 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #38D79E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(56, 215, 158) |
| HSL | hsl(158, 67%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(158, 74%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(74%, 0%, 26.5%, 15.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.22, -53.64, 16.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.22, 56.18, 162.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.49% -0.1471 0.0426) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.49% 0.153 163.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.0993, 51.9064, 40.6683) |
| Luminance | 0.5191 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 2.30
Aqua Green
#12E193
ΔE00 4.32
Greenblue
#23C48B
ΔE00 4.89
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 5.19
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 5.41
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 5.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#38D79E #D73871
analogous
#38D74F #38D79E #38C0D7
triadic
#38D79E #9E38D7 #D79E38
tetradic
#38D79E #4F38D7 #D73871 #C0D738
square
#38D79E #4F38D7 #D73871 #C0D738
split-complementary
#38D79E #D738C0 #D74F38
monochromatic
#197C58 #23AF7D #38D79E #6BE1B7 #9EEBD0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.85
#38D79E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.38
#38D79E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #38D79E
11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##38D79E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##38D79E | 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)
#D3C79B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB9A2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #38d79e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 158); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.153 163.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#85e4ba',
500: '#38d79e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #38d79e; $custom-light: #85e4ba; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#38d79e",
"rgb": {
"r": 56,
"g": 215,
"b": 158
},
"hsl": {
"h": 158.491,
"s": 66.527,
"l": 53.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78492,
"c": 0.15318,
"h": 163.9
},
"luminance": 0.5191
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#38D79E
secondary
#83304E
accent
#3E7CE9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481