#38CA89#38CA89

#38CA89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.154 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA89
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 137)
HSL	hsl(153, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 32.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -53.08, 21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 57.35, 157.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1442 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.154 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2640, 44.8848, 30.8888)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA89 #CA3879

analogous

#38CA40 #38CA89 #38C2CA

triadic

#38CA89 #8938CA #CA8938

tetradic

#38CA89 #4038CA #CA3879 #C2CA38

square

#38CA89 #4038CA #CA3879 #C2CA38

split-complementary

#38CA89 #CA38C2 #CA4038

monochromatic

#1D6B48 #299B69 #38CA89 #68D7A6 #99E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38CA89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38CA89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA89

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA89	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.154 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dbab',
    500: '#38ca89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca89;
$custom-light: #82dbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.288,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA89

secondary

#CF8EAB

accent

#478BE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA89

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

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