#38AD96#38AD96

#38AD96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD96
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 13.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -37.92, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 37.99, 176.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.1085 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.109 177)
XYZ	xyz(22.0768, 32.9274, 34.0404)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD96 #AD384F

analogous

#38AD5B #38AD96 #388AAD

triadic

#38AD96 #9638AD #AD9638

tetradic

#38AD96 #5B38AD #AD384F #8AAD38

square

#38AD96 #5B38AD #AD384F #8AAD38

split-complementary

#38AD96 #AD388A #AD5B38

monochromatic

#1A5146 #297F6E #38AD96 #59C9B3 #87D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38AD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#38AD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD96

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD96	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6b4',
    500: '#38ad96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad96;
$custom-light: #7ec6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.205,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67685,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.3293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD96

secondary

#C27F8C

accent

#4D69DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD96

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

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