#38BE96#38BE96

#38BE96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BE96
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -45.32, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 46.39, 167.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1261 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.129 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5464, 39.8667, 35.1969)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BE96 #BE3860

analogous

#38BE53 #38BE96 #38A3BE

triadic

#38BE96 #9638BE #BE9638

tetradic

#38BE96 #5338BE #BE3860 #A3BE38

square

#38BE96 #5338BE #BE3860 #A3BE38

split-complementary

#38BE96 #BE38A3 #BE5338

monochromatic

#1C5F4B #2A8F71 #38BE96 #62D1B0 #92DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38BE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BE96

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BE96	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38be96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2b4',
    500: '#38be96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38be96;
$custom-light: #81d2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38be96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.09,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BE96

secondary

#CA889C

accent

#4A76DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BE96

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

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