#38C796#38C796

#38C796 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.140 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C796
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 24.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -49.04, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 50.96, 164.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.1352 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.14 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5563, 43.8864, 35.8669)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C796 #C73869

analogous

#38C74F #38C796 #38B0C7

triadic

#38C796 #9638C7 #C79638

tetradic

#38C796 #4F38C7 #C73869 #B0C738

square

#38C796 #4F38C7 #C73869 #B0C738

split-complementary

#38C796 #C738B0 #C74F38

monochromatic

#1D674E #2B9772 #38C796 #68D4AF #98E2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C796

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C796	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.140 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d9b5',
    500: '#38c796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c796;
$custom-light: #82d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.441,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C796

secondary

#CD8DA3

accent

#487CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C796

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

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