#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
RGBrgb(56, 195, 137)
HSLhsl(155, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(155, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.65, -50.32, 18.74)
CIE-LCHlch(70.65, 53.70, 159.58°)
OKLaboklab(72.95% -0.1373 0.0476)
OKLCHoklch(72.95% 0.145 160.9)
XYZxyz(25.6587, 41.6742, 30.3537)
Luminance0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38C3891.002.259.349.34
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3421.001.001.00
##0000009.3421.001.001.00

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

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#38C389 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva