#38AA96#38AA96

#38AA96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.105 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA96
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 11.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -36.56, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 36.57, 178.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.1054 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.105 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5080, 31.7898, 33.8508)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA96 #AA384C

analogous

#38AA5D #38AA96 #3885AA

triadic

#38AA96 #9638AA #AA9638

tetradic

#38AA96 #5D38AA #AA384C #85AA38

square

#38AA96 #5D38AA #AA384C #85AA38

split-complementary

#38AA96 #AA3885 #AA5D38

monochromatic

#1A4E45 #297C6D #38AA96 #57C8B4 #85D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#38AA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA96

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA96	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.105 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b4',
    500: '#38aa96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa96;
$custom-light: #7dc4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.474,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66925,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA96

secondary

#C17D89

accent

#4E66DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA96

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

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