#38BA89#38BA89

#38BA89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.134 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA89
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 137)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 26.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -46.68, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 48.99, 162.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.1282 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.134 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7026, 37.7620, 29.7017)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA89 #BA3869

analogous

#38BA48 #38BA89 #38AABA

triadic

#38BA89 #8938BA #BA8938

tetradic

#38BA89 #4838BA #BA3869 #AABA38

square

#38BA89 #4838BA #BA3869 #AABA38

split-complementary

#38BA89 #BA38AA #BA4838

monochromatic

#1C5C44 #2A8B66 #38BA89 #60CFA5 #8FDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38BA89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#38BA89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA89

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA89	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.134 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfab',
    500: '#38ba89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba89;
$custom-light: #7fcfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA89

secondary

#C8869F

accent

#4B82DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA89

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

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