#38B889#38B889

#38B889 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.131 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B889
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 137)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 25.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -45.85, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 47.94, 163.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.1262 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.131 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2842, 36.9252, 29.5622)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B889 #B83867

analogous

#38B849 #38B889 #38A7B8

triadic

#38B889 #8938B8 #B88938

tetradic

#38B889 #4938B8 #B83867 #A7B838

square

#38B889 #4938B8 #B83867 #A7B838

split-complementary

#38B889 #B838A7 #B84938

monochromatic

#1B5A43 #2A8966 #38B889 #5FCEA5 #8EDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#38B889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B889

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B889	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.131 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fceab',
    500: '#38b889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b889;
$custom-light: #7fceab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.969,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70134,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B889

secondary

#C7859D

accent

#4B81DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B889

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

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