#38C997#38C997

#38C997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.141 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C997
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -49.63, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 51.62, 164.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1367 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.141 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1003, 44.8451, 36.4472)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C997 #C9386A

analogous

#38C94E #38C997 #38B3C9

triadic

#38C997 #9738C9 #C99738

tetradic

#38C997 #4E38C9 #C9386A #B3C938

square

#38C997 #4E38C9 #C9386A #B3C938

split-complementary

#38C997 #C938B3 #C94E38

monochromatic

#1D6A4F #2A9A73 #38C997 #68D6B0 #98E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#38C997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C997

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C997	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.141 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab5',
    500: '#38c997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c997;
$custom-light: #82dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C997

secondary

#CF8EA4

accent

#477CE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C997

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

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