#38AE96#38AE96

#38AE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.110 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE96
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -38.37, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 38.47, 175.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.1096 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.11 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2693, 33.3124, 34.1045)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE96 #AE3850

analogous

#38AE5B #38AE96 #388BAE

triadic

#38AE96 #9638AE #AE9638

tetradic

#38AE96 #5B38AE #AE3850 #8BAE38

square

#38AE96 #5B38AE #AE3850 #8BAE38

split-complementary

#38AE96 #AE388B #AE5B38

monochromatic

#1A5146 #29806E #38AE96 #59CAB3 #88D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#38AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE96

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE96	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.110 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b4',
    500: '#38ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae96;
$custom-light: #7ec7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE96

secondary

#C37F8D

accent

#4D6ADB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE96

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

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