#38B396#38B396

#38B396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B396
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -40.59, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 40.90, 172.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.1148 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.116 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2532, 35.2803, 34.4325)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B396 #B33855

analogous

#38B359 #38B396 #3892B3

triadic

#38B396 #9638B3 #B39638

tetradic

#38B396 #5938B3 #B33855 #92B338

square

#38B396 #5938B3 #B33855 #92B338

split-complementary

#38B396 #B33892 #B35938

monochromatic

#1B5648 #29846F #38B396 #5CCCB2 #8BDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#38B396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B396

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B396	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab4',
    500: '#38b396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b396;
$custom-light: #7fcab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.854,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69207,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B396

secondary

#C58292

accent

#4C6EDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B396

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

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