#38B289#38B289

#38B289 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B289
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 137)
HSL	hsl(160, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 23%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -43.34, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 44.80, 165.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.12 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.123 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0642, 34.4852, 29.1555)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B289 #B23861

analogous

#38B24C #38B289 #389EB2

triadic

#38B289 #8938B2 #B28938

tetradic

#38B289 #4C38B2 #B23861 #9EB238

square

#38B289 #4C38B2 #B23861 #9EB238

split-complementary

#38B289 #B2389E #B24C38

monochromatic

#1B5541 #298365 #38B289 #5CCCA6 #8ADABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38B289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B289

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B289	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecaab',
    500: '#38b289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b289;
$custom-light: #7ecaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.836,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B289

secondary

#C58198

accent

#4C7CDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B289

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

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