#38D989#38D989

#38D989 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.174 H 156.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D989
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 137)
HSL	hsl(150, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(150, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 36.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -58.75, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 65.07, 154.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1587 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.174 156.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9561, 52.2690, 32.1195)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D989 #D93888

analogous

#38D938 #38D989 #38D8D9

triadic

#38D989 #8938D9 #D98938

tetradic

#38D989 #3838D9 #D93888 #D8D938

square

#38D989 #3838D9 #D93888 #D8D938

split-complementary

#38D989 #D938D8 #D93838

monochromatic

#187E4C #22B26A #38D989 #6BE3A7 #9FEDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#38D989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D989

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D989	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.174 156.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85e6ac',
    500: '#38d989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d989;
$custom-light: #85e6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.186,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7854,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 156.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D989

secondary

#86305A

accent

#3D93EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D989

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

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