#38B997#38B997

#38B997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B997
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -42.95, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 43.55, 170.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.1205 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.122 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5629, 37.7702, 35.2680)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B997 #B9385A

analogous

#38B957 #38B997 #389BB9

triadic

#38B997 #9738B9 #B99738

tetradic

#38B997 #5738B9 #B9385A #9BB938

square

#38B997 #5738B9 #B9385A #9BB938

split-complementary

#38B997 #B9389B #B95738

monochromatic

#1C5B4A #2A8A71 #38B997 #5FCFB1 #8EDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#38B997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B997

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B997	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb5',
    500: '#38b997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b997;
$custom-light: #80cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.186,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B997

secondary

#C88597

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B997

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

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