#38C789#38C789

#38C789 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.150 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C789
RGBrgb(56, 199, 137)
HSLhsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 31.2%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(71.89, -51.90, 20.44)
CIE-LCHlch(71.89, 55.79, 158.50°)
OKLaboklab(73.97% -0.1413 0.0518)
OKLCHoklch(73.97% 0.15 159.9)
XYZxyz(26.5670, 43.4907, 30.6565)
Luminance0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C789 #C73876
analogous
#38C742 #38C789 #38BDC7
triadic
#38C789 #8938C7 #C78938
tetradic
#38C789 #4238C7 #C73876 #BDC738
square
#38C789 #4238C7 #C73876 #BDC738
split-complementary
#38C789 #C738BD #C74238
monochromatic
#1D6747 #2B9768 #38C789 #68D4A5 #98E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#38C789 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70
#38C789 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C789
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C789#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C7891.002.179.709.70
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7021.001.001.00
##0000009.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B885
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3AB8D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.150 159.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9ab',
    500: '#38c789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c789;
$custom-light: #82d9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.986,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C789
secondary
#CD8DA9
accent
#488ADF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#38C789 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva