#38C396#38C396

#38C396 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.135 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C396
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 23.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -47.40, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 48.93, 165.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.1312 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.135 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6480, 42.0699, 35.5641)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C396 #C33865

analogous

#38C351 #38C396 #38AAC3

triadic

#38C396 #9638C3 #C39638

tetradic

#38C396 #5138C3 #C33865 #AAC338

square

#38C396 #5138C3 #C33865 #AAC338

split-complementary

#38C396 #C338AA #C35138

monochromatic

#1D644D #2A9371 #38C396 #65D3AF #95E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38C396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38C396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C396

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C396	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d6b5',
    500: '#38c396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c396;
$custom-light: #81d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.576,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7326,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C396

secondary

#CC8BA0

accent

#497ADF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C396

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

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