#38CC97#38CC97

#38CC97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.145 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CC97
RGBrgb(56, 204, 151)
HSLhsl(159, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(159, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 0%, 26%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(73.71, -50.83, 15.51)
CIE-LCHlch(73.71, 53.15, 163.03°)
OKLaboklab(75.56% -0.1396 0.0396)
OKLCHoklch(75.56% 0.145 164.2)
XYZxyz(28.8065, 46.2575, 36.6826)
Luminance0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CC97 #CC386D
analogous
#38CC4D #38CC97 #38B7CC
triadic
#38CC97 #9738CC #CC9738
tetradic
#38CC97 #4D38CC #CC386D #B7CC38
square
#38CC97 #4D38CC #CC386D #B7CC38
split-complementary
#38CC97 #CC38B7 #CC4D38
monochromatic
#1C6E50 #299E74 #38CC97 #69D8B0 #99E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#38CC97 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25
#38CC97 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC97
10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CC97#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CC971.002.0510.2510.25
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2521.001.001.00
##00000010.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8BD94
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5B09A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.145 164.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb5',
    500: '#38cc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cc97;
$custom-light: #83dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.514,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CC97
secondary
#D18FA7
accent
#457EE2
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38CC97 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva