#38B596#38B596

#38B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B596
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -41.46, 5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 41.89, 171.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.1169 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.118 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6570, 36.0878, 34.5671)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B596 #B53857

analogous

#38B558 #38B596 #3896B5

triadic

#38B596 #9638B5 #B59638

tetradic

#38B596 #5838B5 #B53857 #96B538

square

#38B596 #5838B5 #B53857 #96B538

split-complementary

#38B596 #B53896 #B55838

monochromatic

#1B5849 #2A866F #38B596 #5DCDB1 #8CDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#38B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B596

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B596	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb4',
    500: '#38b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b596;
$custom-light: #7fccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.12,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69714,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B596

secondary

#C68394

accent

#4C6FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B596

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

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