#38BF97#38BF97

#38BF97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF97
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -45.50, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 46.55, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.1267 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.129 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8446, 40.3337, 35.6953)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF97 #BF3860

analogous

#38BF53 #38BF97 #38A3BF

triadic

#38BF97 #9738BF #BF9738

tetradic

#38BF97 #5338BF #BF3860 #A3BF38

square

#38BF97 #5338BF #BF3860 #A3BF38

split-complementary

#38BF97 #BF38A3 #BF5338

monochromatic

#1C604C #2A9072 #38BF97 #63D1B1 #92DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF97

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF97	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3b5',
    500: '#38bf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf97;
$custom-light: #81d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF97

secondary

#CA899C

accent

#4A76DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF97

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

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