#38B97D#38B97D

#38B97D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.143 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B97D
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 125)
HSL	hsl(152, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(152, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 32.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -48.88, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 53.04, 157.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1329 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.143 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6793, 37.0168, 25.3478)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B97D #B93874

analogous

#38B93D #38B97D #38B5B9

triadic

#38B97D #7D38B9 #B97D38

tetradic

#38B97D #3D38B9 #B93874 #B5B938

square

#38B97D #3D38B9 #B93874 #B5B938

split-complementary

#38B97D #B938B5 #B93D38

monochromatic

#1C5B3E #2A8A5D #38B97D #5FCF9B #8EDDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B97D

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B97D	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.143 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa3',
    500: '#38b97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b97d;
$custom-light: #7fcfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.093,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B97D

secondary

#C885A4

accent

#4B8FDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F3

border

#CAD2CD

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B97D

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

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