#38B196#38B196

#38B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.113 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B196
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -39.70, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 39.92, 174.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.1127 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.113 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8553, 34.4845, 34.2999)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B196 #B13853

analogous

#38B15A #38B196 #388FB1

triadic

#38B196 #9638B1 #B19638

tetradic

#38B196 #5A38B1 #B13853 #8FB138

square

#38B196 #5A38B1 #B13853 #8FB138

split-complementary

#38B196 #B1388F #B15A38

monochromatic

#1B5447 #29836F #38B196 #5BCBB2 #8ADAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B196

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B196	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.113 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec9b4',
    500: '#38b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b196;
$custom-light: #7ec9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.612,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.687,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B196

secondary

#C48190

accent

#4C6CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B196

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

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