#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
RGB	rgb(56, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(155, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(155, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -57.45, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 61.78, 158.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1561 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.166 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0698, 54.7841, 38.1037)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38DD97	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38DD97

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

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