#38BF96#38BF96

#38BF96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BF96
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -45.74, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 46.90, 167.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1271 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.13 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7638, 40.3014, 35.2694)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BF96 #BF3861

analogous

#38BF52 #38BF96 #38A4BF

triadic

#38BF96 #9638BF #BF9638

tetradic

#38BF96 #5238BF #BF3861 #A4BF38

square

#38BF96 #5238BF #BF3861 #A4BF38

split-complementary

#38BF96 #BF38A4 #BF5238

monochromatic

#1C604C #2A9071 #38BF96 #63D1B0 #92DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38BF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF96

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BF96	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3b4',
    500: '#38bf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bf96;
$custom-light: #81d3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72248,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BF96

secondary

#CA899D

accent

#4A77DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BF96

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

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