#38D489#38D489

#38D489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.167 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D489
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(151, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 35.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -56.89, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 62.51, 155.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.1539 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.167 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6868, 49.7304, 31.6964)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D489 #D43883

analogous

#38D43B #38D489 #38D1D4

triadic

#38D489 #8938D4 #D48938

tetradic

#38D489 #3B38D4 #D43883 #D1D438

square

#38D489 #3B38D4 #D43883 #D1D438

split-complementary

#38D489 #D438D1 #D43B38

monochromatic

#1A784B #25AA6A #38D489 #6ADFA7 #9DEAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38D489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#38D489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D489

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D489	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.167 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84e2ac',
    500: '#38d489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d489;
$custom-light: #84e2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77273,
    "c": 0.16715,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D489

secondary

#D692B3

accent

#4091E7

background

#F8FEFA

surface

#F0FCF4

border

#CBD5CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D489

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

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