#38B697#38B697

#38B697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.118 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B697
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 17%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -41.65, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 42.06, 171.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1174 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.118 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9419, 36.5283, 35.0610)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B697 #B63857

analogous

#38B658 #38B697 #3896B6

triadic

#38B697 #9738B6 #B69738

tetradic

#38B697 #5838B6 #B63857 #96B638

square

#38B697 #5838B6 #B63857 #96B638

split-complementary

#38B697 #B63896 #B65838

monochromatic

#1B5849 #2A8770 #38B697 #5ECDB2 #8DDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#38B697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B697

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B697	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.118 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb5',
    500: '#38b697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b697;
$custom-light: #7fccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.238,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B697

secondary

#C68494

accent

#4B6FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B697

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

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