#38AA97#38AA97

#38AA97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.105 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA97
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 151)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -36.29, 0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 36.29, 179.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.1049 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.105 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5889, 31.8222, 34.2767)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA97 #AA384B

analogous

#38AA5E #38AA97 #3884AA

triadic

#38AA97 #9738AA #AA9738

tetradic

#38AA97 #5E38AA #AA384B #84AA38

square

#38AA97 #5E38AA #AA384B #84AA38

split-complementary

#38AA97 #AA3884 #AA5E38

monochromatic

#1A4E45 #297C6E #38AA97 #57C8B5 #85D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#38AA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA97

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA97	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.105 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b5',
    500: '#38aa97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa97;
$custom-light: #7dc4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66955,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA97

secondary

#C17D88

accent

#4E65DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA97

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

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