#38C890#38C890

#38C890 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.146 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C890
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 144)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 28%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -50.79, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 53.67, 161.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.139 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.146 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3163, 44.1598, 33.4642)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C890 #C83870

analogous

#38C848 #38C890 #38B8C8

triadic

#38C890 #9038C8 #C89038

tetradic

#38C890 #4838C8 #C83870 #B8C838

square

#38C890 #4838C8 #C83870 #B8C838

split-complementary

#38C890 #C838B8 #C84838

monochromatic

#1D694B #2A996E #38C890 #68D5AB #98E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#38C890 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C890

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C890	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.146 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab0',
    500: '#38c890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c890;
$custom-light: #82dab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7438,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C890

secondary

#CE8EA7

accent

#4883E0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C890

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

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