#38AC97#38AC97

#38AC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC97
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -37.20, 1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 37.23, 177.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.107 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.107 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9666, 32.5777, 34.4026)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC97 #AC384D

analogous

#38AC5D #38AC97 #3887AC

triadic

#38AC97 #9738AC #AC9738

tetradic

#38AC97 #5D38AC #AC384D #87AC38

square

#38AC97 #5D38AC #AC384D #87AC38

split-complementary

#38AC97 #AC3887 #AC5D38

monochromatic

#1A5046 #297E6E #38AC97 #58C9B4 #87D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#38AC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC97

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC97	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5b5',
    500: '#38ac97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac97;
$custom-light: #7ec5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.138,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67462,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC97

secondary

#C27E8A

accent

#4D67DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC97

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

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