#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
RGBrgb(56, 197, 150)
HSLhsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(160, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.54, -48.22, 12.99)
CIE-LCHlch(71.54, 49.94, 164.92°)
OKLaboklab(73.77% -0.1332 0.0332)
OKLCHoklch(73.77% 0.137 166)
XYZxyz(27.0991, 42.9721, 35.7145)
Luminance0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38C5961.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

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

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#38C596 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva