#38BB89#38BB89

#38BB89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.135 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB89
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 137)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -47.09, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 49.51, 162.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.1292 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.135 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9140, 38.1848, 29.7721)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB89 #BB386A

analogous

#38BB47 #38BB89 #38ABBB

triadic

#38BB89 #8938BB #BB8938

tetradic

#38BB89 #4738BB #BB386A #ABBB38

square

#38BB89 #4738BB #BB386A #ABBB38

split-complementary

#38BB89 #BB38AB #BB4738

monochromatic

#1C5D44 #2A8C66 #38BB89 #61D0A5 #90DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38BB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB89

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB89	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AD86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.135 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0ab',
    500: '#38bb89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb89;
$custom-light: #80d0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.099,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70902,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB89

secondary

#C886A0

accent

#4B83DD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0B1410

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB89

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

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