#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
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 137)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 25.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -45.44, 13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 47.41, 163.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1251 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.13 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0773, 36.5113, 29.4932)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38B789	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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