#38CA97#38CA97

#38CA97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.143 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA97
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 25.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -50.03, 14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 52.13, 163.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.1377 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.143 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3342, 45.3129, 36.5251)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA97 #CA386B

analogous

#38CA4E #38CA97 #38B4CA

triadic

#38CA97 #9738CA #CA9738

tetradic

#38CA97 #4E38CA #CA386B #B4CA38

square

#38CA97 #4E38CA #CA386B #B4CA38

split-complementary

#38CA97 #CA38B4 #CA4E38

monochromatic

#1D6B50 #299B74 #38CA97 #68D7B0 #99E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38CA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#38CA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA97

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA97	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.143 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb5',
    500: '#38ca97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca97;
$custom-light: #83dbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.041,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75054,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA97

secondary

#CF8EA5

accent

#477DE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA97

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

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