#38DD97#38DD97

#38DD97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.166 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38DD97
RGBrgb(56, 221, 151)
HSLhsl(155, 71%, 54%)
HSVhsv(155, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.7%, 0%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.92, -57.45, 22.71)
CIE-LCHlch(78.92, 61.78, 158.43°)
OKLaboklab(79.84% -0.1561 0.0575)
OKLCHoklch(79.84% 0.166 159.8)
XYZxyz(33.0698, 54.7841, 38.1037)
Luminance0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38DD97 #DD387E
analogous
#38DD45 #38DD97 #38D1DD
triadic
#38DD97 #9738DD #DD9738
tetradic
#38DD97 #4538DD #DD387E #D1DD38
square
#38DD97 #4538DD #DD387E #D1DD38
split-complementary
#38DD97 #DD38D1 #DD4538
monochromatic
#178456 #1FB877 #38DD97 #6CE6B2 #A1EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#38DD97 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96
#38DD97 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DD97
11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38DD97#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38DD971.001.7611.9611.96
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9621.001.001.00
##00000011.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DACC93
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6BE9C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38dd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.166 159.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e9b6',
    500: '#38dd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38dd97;
$custom-light: #86e9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38dd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79838,
    "c": 0.16639,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38DD97
secondary
#8B2F56
accent
#3A86EE
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#38DD97 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva