#38C389#38C389

#38C389 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.145 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C389
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 137)
HSL	hsl(155, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -50.32, 18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 53.70, 159.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1373 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.145 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6587, 41.6742, 30.3537)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C389 #C33872

analogous

#38C344 #38C389 #38B8C3

triadic

#38C389 #8938C3 #C38938

tetradic

#38C389 #4438C3 #C33872 #B8C338

square

#38C389 #4438C3 #C33872 #B8C338

split-complementary

#38C389 #C338B8 #C34438

monochromatic

#1D6446 #2A9368 #38C389 #65D3A5 #95E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#38C389 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C389

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C389	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.145 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6ab',
    500: '#38c389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c389;
$custom-light: #81d6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.964,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C389

secondary

#CC8BA6

accent

#4988DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C389

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

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