#38AB96#38AB96

#38AB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.106 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB96
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 12.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -37.01, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 37.04, 177.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.1064 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.107 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6962, 32.1662, 33.9135)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB96 #AB384D

analogous

#38AB5C #38AB96 #3887AB

triadic

#38AB96 #9638AB #AB9638

tetradic

#38AB96 #5C38AB #AB384D #87AB38

square

#38AB96 #5C38AB #AB384D #87AB38

split-complementary

#38AB96 #AB3887 #AB5C38

monochromatic

#1A4F45 #297D6E #38AB96 #58C8B4 #86D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#38AB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB96

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB96	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.106 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b4',
    500: '#38ab96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab96;
$custom-light: #7dc4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.043,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67178,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB96

secondary

#C17D8A

accent

#4E67DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB96

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

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