#38BB97#38BB97

#38BB97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB97
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -43.80, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 44.55, 169.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1226 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.124 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9842, 38.6129, 35.4085)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB97 #BB385C

analogous

#38BB55 #38BB97 #389EBB

triadic

#38BB97 #9738BB #BB9738

tetradic

#38BB97 #5538BB #BB385C #9EBB38

square

#38BB97 #5538BB #BB385C #9EBB38

split-complementary

#38BB97 #BB389E #BB5538

monochromatic

#1C5D4B #2A8C71 #38BB97 #61D0B1 #90DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB97

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB97	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b5',
    500: '#38bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb97;
$custom-light: #80d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.511,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB97

secondary

#C88699

accent

#4B73DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB97

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

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