#38B789#38B789

#38B789 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B789
RGBrgb(56, 183, 137)
HSLhsl(158, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(158, 69%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 25.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.91, -45.44, 13.54)
CIE-LCHlch(66.91, 47.41, 163.41°)
OKLaboklab(69.88% -0.1251 0.0346)
OKLCHoklch(69.88% 0.13 164.5)
XYZxyz(23.0773, 36.5113, 29.4932)
Luminance0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B789 #B73866
analogous
#38B74A #38B789 #38A6B7
triadic
#38B789 #8938B7 #B78938
tetradic
#38B789 #4A38B7 #B73866 #A6B738
square
#38B789 #4A38B7 #B73866 #A6B738
split-complementary
#38B789 #B738A6 #B74A38
monochromatic
#1B5943 #2A8866 #38B789 #5ECEA5 #8DDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#38B789 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30
#38B789 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B789
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B789#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7891.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3AA86
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39E8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 164.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdab',
    500: '#38b789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b789;
$custom-light: #7fcdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.268,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69878,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B789
secondary
#C7849C
accent
#4B80DD
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#EFF9F4
border
#CAD2CE
text
#0B1410
muted
#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B789

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#38B789 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva