#38CD97#38CD97

#38CD97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.146 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CD97
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -51.23, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 53.66, 162.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1406 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.146 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0450, 46.7344, 36.7620)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CD97 #CD386E

analogous

#38CD4C #38CD97 #38B8CD

triadic

#38CD97 #9738CD #CD9738

tetradic

#38CD97 #4C38CD #CD386E #B8CD38

square

#38CD97 #4C38CD #CD386E #B8CD38

split-complementary

#38CD97 #CD38B8 #CD4C38

monochromatic

#1C6F51 #28A074 #38CD97 #69D9B1 #9AE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#38CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CD97

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CD97	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.146 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ddb5',
    500: '#38cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cd97;
$custom-light: #83ddb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.255,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75811,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CD97

secondary

#D18FA7

accent

#457EE3

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CD97

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

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