#38C797#38C797

#38C797 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.139 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C797
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 24.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -48.81, 13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 50.61, 164.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1347 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.139 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6371, 43.9188, 36.2928)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C797 #C73868

analogous

#38C750 #38C797 #38AFC7

triadic

#38C797 #9738C7 #C79738

tetradic

#38C797 #5038C7 #C73868 #AFC738

square

#38C797 #5038C7 #C73868 #AFC738

split-complementary

#38C797 #C738AF #C75038

monochromatic

#1D674F #2B9773 #38C797 #68D4B0 #98E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C797

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C797	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.139 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b5',
    500: '#38c797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c797;
$custom-light: #82d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.86,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74297,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C797

secondary

#CD8DA3

accent

#487BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C797

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

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