#38C889#38C889

#38C889 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.152 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C889
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -52.30, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 56.31, 158.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1422 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.152 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7978, 43.9524, 30.7334)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C889 #C83877

analogous

#38C841 #38C889 #38BFC8

triadic

#38C889 #8938C8 #C88938

tetradic

#38C889 #4138C8 #C83877 #BFC838

square

#38C889 #4138C8 #C83877 #BFC838

split-complementary

#38C889 #C838BF #C84138

monochromatic

#1D6948 #2A9968 #38C889 #68D5A5 #98E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#38C889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C889

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C889	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.152 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82daab',
    500: '#38c889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c889;
$custom-light: #82daab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C889

secondary

#CE8EAA

accent

#488AE0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C889

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

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