#38AC96#38AC96

#38AC96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC96
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -37.46, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 37.51, 177.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.1075 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.108 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8858, 32.5454, 33.9767)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC96 #AC384E

analogous

#38AC5C #38AC96 #3888AC

triadic

#38AC96 #9638AC #AC9638

tetradic

#38AC96 #5C38AC #AC384E #88AC38

square

#38AC96 #5C38AC #AC384E #88AC38

split-complementary

#38AC96 #AC3888 #AC5C38

monochromatic

#1A5045 #297E6E #38AC96 #58C9B3 #87D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#38AC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC96

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC96	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5b4',
    500: '#38ac96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac96;
$custom-light: #7ec5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.621,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67432,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC96

secondary

#C27E8B

accent

#4D68DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC96

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

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