#38B696#38B696

#38B696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.119 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B696
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -41.90, 6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 42.38, 171.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.1179 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.119 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8611, 36.4959, 34.6351)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B696 #B63858

analogous

#38B657 #38B696 #3897B6

triadic

#38B696 #9638B6 #B69638

tetradic

#38B696 #5738B6 #B63858 #97B638

square

#38B696 #5738B6 #B63858 #97B638

split-complementary

#38B696 #B63897 #B65738

monochromatic

#1B5849 #2A876F #38B696 #5ECDB1 #8DDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#38B696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B696

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B696	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.119 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fccb4',
    500: '#38b696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b696;
$custom-light: #7fccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B696

secondary

#C68494

accent

#4B70DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B696

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

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