#38BE89#38BE89

#38BE89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.139 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE89
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 137)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 27.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -48.32, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 51.08, 161.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.1323 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.139 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5571, 39.4710, 29.9865)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE89 #BE386D

analogous

#38BE46 #38BE89 #38B0BE

triadic

#38BE89 #8938BE #BE8938

tetradic

#38BE89 #4638BE #BE386D #B0BE38

square

#38BE89 #4638BE #BE386D #B0BE38

split-complementary

#38BE89 #BE38B0 #BE4638

monochromatic

#1C5F45 #2A8F67 #38BE89 #62D1A5 #92DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38BE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE89

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE89	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.139 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2ab',
    500: '#38be89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be89;
$custom-light: #80d2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.269,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71669,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE89

secondary

#CA88A2

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE89

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

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