#38BD97#38BD97

#38BD97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD97
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -44.65, 8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 45.55, 168.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1246 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.127 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4115, 39.4674, 35.5509)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD97 #BD385E

analogous

#38BD54 #38BD97 #38A0BD

triadic

#38BD97 #9738BD #BD9738

tetradic

#38BD97 #5438BD #BD385E #A0BD38

square

#38BD97 #5438BD #BD385E #A0BD38

split-complementary

#38BD97 #BD38A0 #BD5438

monochromatic

#1C5F4C #2A8E71 #38BD97 #62D0B1 #91DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD97

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD97	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b5',
    500: '#38bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd97;
$custom-light: #80d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71768,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD97

secondary

#C9879A

accent

#4A74DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD97

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

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