#38B97E#38B97E

#38B97E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.142 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B97E
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 126)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 31.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -48.67, 20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 52.65, 157.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.1324 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.142 159)
XYZ	xyz(22.7435, 37.0425, 25.6859)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B97E #B93873

analogous

#38B93D #38B97E #38B4B9

triadic

#38B97E #7E38B9 #B97E38

tetradic

#38B97E #3D38B9 #B93873 #B4B938

square

#38B97E #3D38B9 #B93873 #B4B938

split-complementary

#38B97E #B938B4 #B93D38

monochromatic

#1C5B3E #2A8A5E #38B97E #5FCF9C #8EDDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B97E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B97E	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.142 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa3',
    500: '#38b97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b97e;
$custom-light: #7fcfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.558,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70132,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.37045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B97E

secondary

#C885A4

accent

#4B8EDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B97E

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

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