#38BD89#38BD89

#38BD89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.138 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD89
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 137)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -47.91, 16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 50.56, 161.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1312 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.138 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3413, 39.0393, 29.9146)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD89 #BD386C

analogous

#38BD46 #38BD89 #38AFBD

triadic

#38BD89 #8938BD #BD8938

tetradic

#38BD89 #4638BD #BD386C #AFBD38

square

#38BD89 #4638BD #BD386C #AFBD38

split-complementary

#38BD89 #BD38AF #BD4638

monochromatic

#1C5F45 #2A8E67 #38BD89 #62D0A5 #91DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD89

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD89	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.138 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ab',
    500: '#38bd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd89;
$custom-light: #80d2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.541,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71413,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD89

secondary

#C987A1

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD89

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

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