#38D79F#38D79F

#38D79F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.152 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D79F
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 159)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 26%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -53.41, 16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 55.82, 163.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.1467 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.152 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1858, 51.9410, 41.1235)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D79F #D73870

analogous

#38D74F #38D79F #38BFD7

triadic

#38D79F #9F38D7 #D79F38

tetradic

#38D79F #4F38D7 #D73870 #BFD738

square

#38D79F #4F38D7 #D73870 #BFD738

split-complementary

#38D79F #D738BF #D74F38

monochromatic

#197C59 #23AF7E #38D79F #6BE1B8 #9EEBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#38D79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#38D79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D79F

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D79F	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.152 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e4bb',
    500: '#38d79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d79f;
$custom-light: #85e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.868,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78516,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D79F

secondary

#83304D

accent

#3E7BE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D79F

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

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