#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
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 31.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -51.90, 20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 55.79, 158.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.1413 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.15 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5670, 43.4907, 30.6565)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38C789	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C789

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

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