#38BA97#38BA97

#38BA97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA97
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 18.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -43.38, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 44.05, 169.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.1216 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.123 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7728, 38.1901, 35.3380)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA97 #BA385B

analogous

#38BA56 #38BA97 #389CBA

triadic

#38BA97 #9738BA #BA9738

tetradic

#38BA97 #5638BA #BA385B #9CBA38

square

#38BA97 #5638BA #BA385B #9CBA38

split-complementary

#38BA97 #BA389C #BA5638

monochromatic

#1C5C4B #2A8B71 #38BA97 #60CFB1 #8FDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38BA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA97

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA97	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb5',
    500: '#38ba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba97;
$custom-light: #80cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA97

secondary

#C88698

accent

#4B72DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA97

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

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