#38C689#38C689

#38C689 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.149 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C689
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 30.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -51.51, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 55.27, 158.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.1403 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.149 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3376, 43.0320, 30.5800)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C689 #C63875

analogous

#38C642 #38C689 #38BCC6

triadic

#38C689 #8938C6 #C68938

tetradic

#38C689 #4238C6 #C63875 #BCC638

square

#38C689 #4238C6 #C63875 #BCC638

split-complementary

#38C689 #C638BC #C64238

monochromatic

#1D6747 #2B9668 #38C689 #67D4A5 #97E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#38C689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C689

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C689	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.149 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8ab',
    500: '#38c689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c689;
$custom-light: #82d8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.225,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C689

secondary

#CD8DA8

accent

#4989DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C689

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

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