#38B797#38B797

#38B797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B797
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -42.08, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 42.55, 171.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.1185 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.12 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1474, 36.9393, 35.1295)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B797 #B73858

analogous

#38B758 #38B797 #3898B7

triadic

#38B797 #9738B7 #B79738

tetradic

#38B797 #5838B7 #B73858 #98B738

square

#38B797 #5838B7 #B73858 #98B738

split-complementary

#38B797 #B73898 #B75838

monochromatic

#1B594A #2A8870 #38B797 #5ECEB2 #8DDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#38B797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B797

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B797	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb5',
    500: '#38b797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b797;
$custom-light: #7fcdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.882,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70249,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B797

secondary

#C78495

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B797

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

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