#38C596#38C596

#38C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C596
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -48.22, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 49.94, 164.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1332 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.137 166)
XYZ	xyz(27.0991, 42.9721, 35.7145)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C596 #C53867

analogous

#38C550 #38C596 #38AEC5

triadic

#38C596 #9638C5 #C59638

tetradic

#38C596 #5038C5 #C53867 #AEC538

square

#38C596 #5038C5 #C53867 #AEC538

split-complementary

#38C596 #C538AE #C55038

monochromatic

#1D664D #2A9572 #38C596 #67D4AF #96E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#38C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C596

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C596	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d7b5',
    500: '#38c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c596;
$custom-light: #82d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C596

secondary

#CD8CA2

accent

#497BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C596

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

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