#38B796#38B796

#38B796 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B796
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 18%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -42.33, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 42.88, 170.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.1189 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.12 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0666, 36.9070, 34.7036)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B796 #B73859

analogous

#38B756 #38B796 #3899B7

triadic

#38B796 #9638B7 #B79638

tetradic

#38B796 #5638B7 #B73859 #99B738

square

#38B796 #5638B7 #B73859 #99B738

split-complementary

#38B796 #B73899 #B75638

monochromatic

#1B5949 #2A8870 #38B796 #5ECEB1 #8DDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#38B796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B796

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B796	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdb4',
    500: '#38b796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b796;
$custom-light: #7fcdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.409,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B796

secondary

#C78495

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B796

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

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