#38BD96#38BD96

#38BD96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD96
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -44.90, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 45.89, 168.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1251 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.127 169)
XYZ	xyz(25.3306, 39.4350, 35.1250)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD96 #BD385F

analogous

#38BD53 #38BD96 #38A1BD

triadic

#38BD96 #9638BD #BD9638

tetradic

#38BD96 #5338BD #BD385F #A1BD38

square

#38BD96 #5338BD #BD385F #A1BD38

split-complementary

#38BD96 #BD38A1 #BD5338

monochromatic

#1C5F4B #2A8E71 #38BD96 #62D0B0 #91DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38BD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD96

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD96	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d2b4',
    500: '#38bd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd96;
$custom-light: #80d2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.406,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71741,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.39438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD96

secondary

#C9879B

accent

#4A75DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD96

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

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