#38AF97#38AF97

#38AF97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF97
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 151)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 13.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -38.55, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 38.65, 175.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.1102 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.11 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5440, 33.7325, 34.5951)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF97 #AF3850

analogous

#38AF5B #38AF97 #388BAF

triadic

#38AF97 #9738AF #AF9738

tetradic

#38AF97 #5B38AF #AF3850 #8BAF38

square

#38AF97 #5B38AF #AF3850 #8BAF38

split-complementary

#38AF97 #AF388B #AF5B38

monochromatic

#1A5247 #29816F #38AF97 #5ACAB4 #88D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38AF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38AF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF97

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF97	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b5',
    500: '#38af97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af97;
$custom-light: #7ec7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68222,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF97

secondary

#C3808D

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF97

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

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