#38C489#38C489

#38C489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.147 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C489
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(155, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 30.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -50.72, 19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 54.22, 159.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.1383 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.147 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8835, 42.1238, 30.4286)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C489 #C43873

analogous

#38C443 #38C489 #38B9C4

triadic

#38C489 #8938C4 #C48938

tetradic

#38C489 #4338C4 #C43873 #B9C438

square

#38C489 #4338C4 #C43873 #B9C438

split-complementary

#38C489 #C438B9 #C44338

monochromatic

#1D6546 #2A9468 #38C489 #66D3A5 #96E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38C489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C489

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C489	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.147 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7ab',
    500: '#38c489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c489;
$custom-light: #81d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C489

secondary

#CC8CA7

accent

#4988DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C489

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

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