#38B97B#38B97B

#38B97B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.144 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B97B
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 123)
HSL	hsl(151, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(151, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 33.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -49.30, 21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 53.82, 156.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.1338 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.144 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5528, 36.9662, 24.6817)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B97B #B93876

analogous

#38B93B #38B97B #38B6B9

triadic

#38B97B #7B38B9 #B97B38

tetradic

#38B97B #3B38B9 #B93876 #B6B938

square

#38B97B #3B38B9 #B93876 #B6B938

split-complementary

#38B97B #B938B6 #B93B38

monochromatic

#1C5B3D #2A8A5C #38B97B #5FCF99 #8EDDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#38B97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B97B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B97B	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)

#B7AB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.144 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa1',
    500: '#38b97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b97b;
$custom-light: #7fcfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.163,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70066,
    "c": 0.14448,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B97B

secondary

#C885A5

accent

#4B91DD

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF9F2

border

#CAD2CC

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B97B

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

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