#38B689#38B689

#38B689 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B689
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 137)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 24.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -45.02, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 46.89, 163.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.1241 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.129 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8717, 36.1002, 29.4247)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B689 #B63865

analogous

#38B64A #38B689 #38A4B6

triadic

#38B689 #8938B6 #B68938

tetradic

#38B689 #4A38B6 #B63865 #A4B638

square

#38B689 #4A38B6 #B63865 #A4B638

split-complementary

#38B689 #B638A4 #B64A38

monochromatic

#1B5843 #2A8766 #38B689 #5ECDA6 #8DDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#38B689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B689

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B689	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdab',
    500: '#38b689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b689;
$custom-light: #7fcdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69622,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B689

secondary

#C6849B

accent

#4B7FDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B689

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →