#38B897#38B897

#38B897 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B897
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 17.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -42.51, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 43.05, 170.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.1195 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.121 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3544, 37.3533, 35.1985)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B897 #B83859

analogous

#38B857 #38B897 #3899B8

triadic

#38B897 #9738B8 #B89738

tetradic

#38B897 #5738B8 #B83859 #99B838

square

#38B897 #5738B8 #B83859 #99B838

split-complementary

#38B897 #B83899 #B85738

monochromatic

#1B5A4A #2A8970 #38B897 #5FCEB2 #8EDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#38B897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B897

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B897	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceb5',
    500: '#38b897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b897;
$custom-light: #80ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.531,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70502,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B897

secondary

#C78596

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B897

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

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