#38B496#38B496

#38B496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B496
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -41.02, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 41.39, 172.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.1158 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.117 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4544, 35.6826, 34.4996)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B496 #B43856

analogous

#38B458 #38B496 #3894B4

triadic

#38B496 #9638B4 #B49638

tetradic

#38B496 #5838B4 #B43856 #94B438

square

#38B496 #5838B4 #B43856 #94B438

split-complementary

#38B496 #B43894 #B45838

monochromatic

#1B5748 #29856F #38B496 #5DCDB1 #8BDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#38B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B496

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B496	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbb4',
    500: '#38b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b496;
$custom-light: #7fcbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.484,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69461,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B496

secondary

#C58293

accent

#4C6FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B496

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

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