#38C697#38C697

#38C697 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.138 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C697
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 23.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -48.40, 12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 50.10, 165.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.1337 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.138 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4078, 43.4601, 36.2163)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C697 #C63867

analogous

#38C650 #38C697 #38AEC6

triadic

#38C697 #9738C6 #C69738

tetradic

#38C697 #5038C6 #C63867 #AEC638

square

#38C697 #5038C6 #C63867 #AEC638

split-complementary

#38C697 #C638AE #C65038

monochromatic

#1D674E #2B9673 #38C697 #67D4B0 #97E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#38C697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C697

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C697	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.138 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b5',
    500: '#38c697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c697;
$custom-light: #82d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.141,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C697

secondary

#CD8DA2

accent

#497ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C697

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

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