#38C597#38C597

#38C597 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C597
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 23.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -47.99, 12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 49.59, 165.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.1327 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.136 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1800, 43.0045, 36.1404)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C597 #C53866

analogous

#38C551 #38C597 #38ACC5

triadic

#38C597 #9738C5 #C59738

tetradic

#38C597 #5138C5 #C53866 #ACC538

square

#38C597 #5138C5 #C53866 #ACC538

split-complementary

#38C597 #C538AC #C55138

monochromatic

#1D664E #2A9572 #38C597 #67D4B0 #96E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#38C597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C597

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C597	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b5',
    500: '#38c597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c597;
$custom-light: #82d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.426,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73791,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C597

secondary

#CD8CA1

accent

#497ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C597

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

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