#38C097#38C097

#38C097 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C097
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 21.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -45.92, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 47.06, 167.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1277 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.13 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0635, 40.7714, 35.7682)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C097 #C03861

analogous

#38C053 #38C097 #38A5C0

triadic

#38C097 #9738C0 #C09738

tetradic

#38C097 #5338C0 #C03861 #A5C038

square

#38C097 #5338C0 #C03861 #A5C038

split-complementary

#38C097 #C038A5 #C05338

monochromatic

#1C614C #2A9172 #38C097 #64D2B0 #93DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38C097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C097

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C097	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b5',
    500: '#38c097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c097;
$custom-light: #81d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.912,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C097

secondary

#CB899D

accent

#4A76DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C097

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

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