#38CA96#38CA96

#38CA96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.143 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CA96
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 25.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -50.26, 15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 52.49, 163.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.1381 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.143 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2533, 45.2805, 36.0992)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CA96 #CA386C

analogous

#38CA4D #38CA96 #38B5CA

triadic

#38CA96 #9638CA #CA9638

tetradic

#38CA96 #4D38CA #CA386C #B5CA38

square

#38CA96 #4D38CA #CA386C #B5CA38

split-complementary

#38CA96 #CA38B5 #CA4D38

monochromatic

#1D6B4F #299B73 #38CA96 #68D7AF #99E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38CA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#38CA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CA96

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CA96	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ca96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.143 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dbb5',
    500: '#38ca96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ca96;
$custom-light: #83dbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ca96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.63,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CA96

secondary

#CF8EA6

accent

#477EE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CA96

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

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