#38C896#38C896

#38C896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.141 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C896
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -49.45, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 51.47, 163.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1362 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.141 165)
XYZ	xyz(27.7871, 44.3481, 35.9438)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C896 #C8386A

analogous

#38C84E #38C896 #38B2C8

triadic

#38C896 #9638C8 #C89638

tetradic

#38C896 #4E38C8 #C8386A #B2C838

square

#38C896 #4E38C8 #C8386A #B2C838

split-complementary

#38C896 #C838B2 #C84E38

monochromatic

#1D694E #2A9972 #38C896 #68D5AF #98E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#38C896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C896

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C896	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.141 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab5',
    500: '#38c896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c896;
$custom-light: #82dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74525,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.44351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C896

secondary

#CE8EA4

accent

#487DE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C896

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

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