#38C189#38C189

#38C189 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.143 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C189
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 137)
HSL	hsl(155, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 29%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -49.53, 17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 52.65, 160.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1353 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.143 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2136, 40.7839, 30.2053)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C189 #C13870

analogous

#38C144 #38C189 #38B5C1

triadic

#38C189 #8938C1 #C18938

tetradic

#38C189 #4438C1 #C13870 #B5C138

square

#38C189 #4438C1 #C13870 #B5C138

split-complementary

#38C189 #C138B5 #C14438

monochromatic

#1C6246 #2A9267 #38C189 #64D2A5 #94E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38C189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C189

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C189	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5ab',
    500: '#38c189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c189;
$custom-light: #81d5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.474,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C189

secondary

#CB8AA4

accent

#4986DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C189

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

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