#38B97F#38B97F

#38B97F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.141 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B97F
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 127)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 31.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -48.46, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 52.26, 158.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.1319 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.141 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8084, 37.0684, 26.0274)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B97F #B93872

analogous

#38B93E #38B97F #38B3B9

triadic

#38B97F #7F38B9 #B97F38

tetradic

#38B97F #3E38B9 #B93872 #B3B938

square

#38B97F #3E38B9 #B93872 #B3B938

split-complementary

#38B97F #B938B3 #B93E38

monochromatic

#1C5B3E #2A8A5F #38B97F #5FCF9D #8EDDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B97F

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B97F	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)

#B7AB7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.141 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcfa4',
    500: '#38b97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b97f;
$custom-light: #7fcfa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.023,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B97F

secondary

#C885A3

accent

#4B8DDD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B140F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B97F

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

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