#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
RGBrgb(56, 185, 123)
HSLhsl(151, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(151, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 0%, 33.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.25, -49.30, 21.59)
CIE-LCHlch(67.25, 53.82, 156.35°)
OKLaboklab(70.07% -0.1338 0.0545)
OKLCHoklch(70.07% 0.144 157.8)
XYZxyz(22.5528, 36.9662, 24.6817)
Luminance0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##38B97B1.002.508.398.39
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3921.001.001.00
##0000008.3921.001.001.00

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

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#38B97B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva