#38BA96#38BA96

#38BA96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA96
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 19.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -43.62, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 44.38, 169.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.122 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.124 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6920, 38.1578, 34.9121)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA96 #BA385C

analogous

#38BA55 #38BA96 #389DBA

triadic

#38BA96 #9638BA #BA9638

tetradic

#38BA96 #5538BA #BA385C #9DBA38

square

#38BA96 #5538BA #BA385C #9DBA38

split-complementary

#38BA96 #BA389D #BA5538

monochromatic

#1C5C4A #2A8B70 #38BA96 #60CFB0 #8FDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38BA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#38BA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA96

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA96	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb4',
    500: '#38ba96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba96;
$custom-light: #80cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA96

secondary

#C88698

accent

#4B73DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA96

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

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