#38B489#38B489

#38B489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.126 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B489
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -44.18, 12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 45.84, 164.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.122 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.126 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4651, 35.2869, 29.2892)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B489 #B43863

analogous

#38B44B #38B489 #38A1B4

triadic

#38B489 #8938B4 #B48938

tetradic

#38B489 #4B38B4 #B43863 #A1B438

square

#38B489 #4B38B4 #B43863 #A1B438

split-complementary

#38B489 #B438A1 #B44B38

monochromatic

#1B5742 #298565 #38B489 #5DCDA6 #8BDBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#38B489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B489

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B489	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.126 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbab',
    500: '#38b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b489;
$custom-light: #7ecbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6911,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B489

secondary

#C5829A

accent

#4C7EDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B489

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

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