#38BE97#38BE97

#38BE97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE97
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -45.08, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 46.05, 168.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1256 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.128 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6273, 39.8991, 35.6228)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE97 #BE385F

analogous

#38BE54 #38BE97 #38A2BE

triadic

#38BE97 #9738BE #BE9738

tetradic

#38BE97 #5438BE #BE385F #A2BE38

square

#38BE97 #5438BE #BE385F #A2BE38

split-complementary

#38BE97 #BE38A2 #BE5438

monochromatic

#1C5F4C #2A8F71 #38BE97 #62D1B1 #92DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38BE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE97

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE97	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2b5',
    500: '#38be97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be97;
$custom-light: #81d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.537,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE97

secondary

#CA889B

accent

#4A75DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE97

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

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