#38B096#38B096

#38B096 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B096
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 150)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 14.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -39.26, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 39.43, 174.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.1117 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.112 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6585, 34.0909, 34.2343)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B096 #B03852

analogous

#38B05A #38B096 #388EB0

triadic

#38B096 #9638B0 #B09638

tetradic

#38B096 #5A38B0 #B03852 #8EB038

square

#38B096 #5A38B0 #B03852 #8EB038

split-complementary

#38B096 #B0388E #B05A38

monochromatic

#1A5347 #29826E #38B096 #5BCBB2 #89D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38B096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#38B096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B096

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B096	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec8b4',
    500: '#38b096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b096;
$custom-light: #7ec8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68446,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B096

secondary

#C4808F

accent

#4D6CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B096

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

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