#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
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -49.85, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 51.98, 163.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.1371 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.142 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0195, 44.8128, 36.0213)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38C996	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C996

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

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