#38C696#38C696

#38C696 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.138 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C696
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 24.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -48.63, 13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 50.45, 164.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.1342 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.138 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3270, 43.4278, 35.7904)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C696 #C63868

analogous

#38C64F #38C696 #38AFC6

triadic

#38C696 #9638C6 #C69638

tetradic

#38C696 #4F38C6 #C63868 #AFC638

square

#38C696 #4F38C6 #C63868 #AFC638

split-complementary

#38C696 #C638AF #C64F38

monochromatic

#1D674E #2B9672 #38C696 #67D4AF #97E2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#38C696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C696

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C696	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.138 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8b5',
    500: '#38c696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c696;
$custom-light: #82d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.718,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C696

secondary

#CD8DA2

accent

#497CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C696

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

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