#38B197#38B197

#38B197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B197
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 151)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 14.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -39.45, 3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 39.61, 174.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.1123 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.113 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9362, 34.5168, 34.7258)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B197 #B13852

analogous

#38B15A #38B197 #388EB1

triadic

#38B197 #9738B1 #B19738

tetradic

#38B197 #5A38B1 #B13852 #8EB138

square

#38B197 #5A38B1 #B13852 #8EB138

split-complementary

#38B197 #B1388E #B15A38

monochromatic

#1B5448 #29836F #38B197 #5BCBB3 #8ADAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38B197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B197

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B197	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9b5',
    500: '#38b197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b197;
$custom-light: #7ec9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.107,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68729,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B197

secondary

#C4818F

accent

#4C6BDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B197

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

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