#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
RGB	rgb(56, 216, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 27.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -54.47, 18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 57.40, 161.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.149 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.156 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1840, 52.3490, 39.8542)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38D89C	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38D89C

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

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