#38B996#38B996

#38B996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B996
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 150)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 18.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -43.19, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 43.88, 169.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.121 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.123 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4820, 37.7379, 34.8421)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B996 #B9385B

analogous

#38B956 #38B996 #389CB9

triadic

#38B996 #9638B9 #B99638

tetradic

#38B996 #5638B9 #B9385B #9CB938

square

#38B996 #5638B9 #B9385B #9CB938

split-complementary

#38B996 #B9389C #B95638

monochromatic

#1C5B4A #2A8A70 #38B996 #5FCFB1 #8EDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#38B996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B996

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B996	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb4',
    500: '#38b996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b996;
$custom-light: #80cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.721,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B996

secondary

#C88597

accent

#4B73DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B996

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

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