#38C196#38C196

#38C196 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C196
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -46.57, 11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 47.91, 166.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1291 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.132 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2029, 41.1797, 35.4158)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C196 #C13863

analogous

#38C152 #38C196 #38A8C1

triadic

#38C196 #9638C1 #C19638

tetradic

#38C196 #5238C1 #C13863 #A8C138

square

#38C196 #5238C1 #C13863 #A8C138

split-complementary

#38C196 #C138A8 #C15238

monochromatic

#1C624C #2A9271 #38C196 #64D2B0 #94E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38C196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38C196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C196

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C196	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b4',
    500: '#38c196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c196;
$custom-light: #81d4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.168,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C196

secondary

#CB8A9E

accent

#4978DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C196

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

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