#38D89C#38D89C

#38D89C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.156 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D89C
RGBrgb(56, 216, 156)
HSLhsl(158, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(158, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.1%, 0%, 27.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.49, -54.47, 18.12)
CIE-LCHlch(77.49, 57.40, 161.60°)
OKLaboklab(78.7% -0.149 0.0461)
OKLCHoklch(78.7% 0.156 162.8)
XYZxyz(32.1840, 52.3490, 39.8542)
Luminance0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D89C #D83874
analogous
#38D84C #38D89C #38C4D8
triadic
#38D89C #9C38D8 #D89C38
tetradic
#38D89C #4C38D8 #D83874 #C4D838
square
#38D89C #4C38D8 #D83874 #C4D838
split-complementary
#38D89C #D838C4 #D84C38
monochromatic
#197D57 #23B07B #38D89C #6BE2B5 #9EECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#38D89C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47
#38D89C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D89C
11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D89C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D89C1.001.8311.4711.47
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4721.001.001.00
##00000011.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4C899
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0BAA0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 216, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.156 162.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e5b9',
    500: '#38d89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d89c;
$custom-light: #85e5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78696,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D89C
secondary
#84304F
accent
#3E7EEA
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#38D89C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva