#38C296#38C296

#38C296 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.134 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C296
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -46.99, 11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 48.42, 166.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1301 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.134 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4247, 41.6233, 35.4897)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C296 #C23864

analogous

#38C251 #38C296 #38A9C2

triadic

#38C296 #9638C2 #C29638

tetradic

#38C296 #5138C2 #C23864 #A9C238

square

#38C296 #5138C2 #C23864 #A9C238

split-complementary

#38C296 #C238A9 #C25138

monochromatic

#1D634D #2A9371 #38C296 #65D2AF #94E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38C296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#38C296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C296

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C296	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.134 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5b5',
    500: '#38c296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c296;
$custom-light: #81d5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.87,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73007,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C296

secondary

#CB8A9F

accent

#4979DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C296

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

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