#38BB96#38BB96

#38BB96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BB96
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -44.05, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 44.88, 168.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.123 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.125 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9034, 38.5806, 34.9826)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BB96 #BB385D

analogous

#38BB54 #38BB96 #389FBB

triadic

#38BB96 #9638BB #BB9638

tetradic

#38BB96 #5438BB #BB385D #9FBB38

square

#38BB96 #5438BB #BB385D #9FBB38

split-complementary

#38BB96 #BB389F #BB5438

monochromatic

#1C5D4A #2A8C70 #38BB96 #61D0B0 #90DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BB96

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BB96	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d0b4',
    500: '#38bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bb96;
$custom-light: #80d0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.053,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71235,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BB96

secondary

#C88699

accent

#4B74DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BB96

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

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