#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
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 26%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -50.83, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 53.15, 163.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1396 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.145 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8065, 46.2575, 36.6826)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38CC97	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38CC97

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

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