#38BC97#38BC97

#38BC97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BC97
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -44.23, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 45.05, 169.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1236 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.126 170)
XYZ	xyz(25.1971, 39.0387, 35.4794)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BC97 #BC385D

analogous

#38BC55 #38BC97 #389FBC

triadic

#38BC97 #9738BC #BC9738

tetradic

#38BC97 #5538BC #BC385D #9FBC38

square

#38BC97 #5538BC #BC385D #9FBC38

split-complementary

#38BC97 #BC389F #BC5538

monochromatic

#1C5E4B #2A8D71 #38BC97 #61D0B1 #90DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BC97

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BC97	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1b5',
    500: '#38bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bc97;
$custom-light: #80d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.39042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BC97

secondary

#C98799

accent

#4A74DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BC97

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

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