#38B896#38B896

#38B896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B896
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -42.76, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 43.38, 170.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.12 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.121 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2736, 37.3210, 34.7726)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B896 #B8385A

analogous

#38B856 #38B896 #389AB8

triadic

#38B896 #9638B8 #B89638

tetradic

#38B896 #5638B8 #B8385A #9AB838

square

#38B896 #5638B8 #B8385A #9AB838

split-complementary

#38B896 #B8389A #B85638

monochromatic

#1B5A4A #2A8970 #38B896 #5FCEB1 #8EDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B896

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B896	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceb4',
    500: '#38b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b896;
$custom-light: #80ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.063,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70475,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B896

secondary

#C78596

accent

#4B72DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B896

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

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