#38D189#38D189

#38D189 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.163 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D189
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 137)
HSL	hsl(152, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 34.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -55.76, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 60.97, 156.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.151 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.163 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9438, 48.2444, 31.4487)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D189 #D13880

analogous

#38D13D #38D189 #38CCD1

triadic

#38D189 #8938D1 #D18938

tetradic

#38D189 #3D38D1 #D13880 #CCD138

square

#38D189 #3D38D1 #D13880 #CCD138

split-complementary

#38D189 #D138CC #D13D38

monochromatic

#1B744A #26A66A #38D189 #6ADCA6 #9BE8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38D189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#38D189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D189

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D189	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.163 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84e0ac',
    500: '#38d189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d189;
$custom-light: #84e0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.765,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76511,
    "c": 0.16331,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D189

secondary

#D491B0

accent

#428FE6

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D189

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

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