#38B296#38B296

#38B296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B296
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 15.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -40.15, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 40.41, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.1138 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.114 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0536, 34.8809, 34.3660)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B296 #B23854

analogous

#38B259 #38B296 #3891B2

triadic

#38B296 #9638B2 #B29638

tetradic

#38B296 #5938B2 #B23854 #91B238

square

#38B296 #5938B2 #B23854 #91B238

split-complementary

#38B296 #B23891 #B25938

monochromatic

#1B5548 #29836F #38B296 #5CCCB2 #8ADAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38B296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#38B296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B296

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B296	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab4',
    500: '#38b296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b296;
$custom-light: #7fcab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68953,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B296

secondary

#C58191

accent

#4C6DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B296

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

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