#38C996#38C996

#38C996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.142 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C996
RGBrgb(56, 201, 150)
HSLhsl(159, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(159, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 0%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.77, -49.85, 14.73)
CIE-LCHlch(72.77, 51.98, 163.54°)
OKLaboklab(74.78% -0.1371 0.0376)
OKLCHoklch(74.78% 0.142 164.7)
XYZxyz(28.0195, 44.8128, 36.0213)
Luminance0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C996 #C9386B
analogous
#38C94E #38C996 #38B3C9
triadic
#38C996 #9638C9 #C99638
tetradic
#38C996 #4E38C9 #C9386B #B3C938
square
#38C996 #4E38C9 #C9386B #B3C938
split-complementary
#38C996 #C938B3 #C94E38
monochromatic
#1D6A4F #2A9A73 #38C996 #68D6AF #98E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#38C996 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96
#38C996 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C996
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C996#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C9961.002.119.969.96
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9621.001.001.00
##0000009.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5BB93
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2AD99
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 164.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dab5',
    500: '#38c996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c996;
$custom-light: #82dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.897,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74777,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C996
secondary
#CF8EA5
accent
#477DE1
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#38C996 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva