#38CB96#38CB96

#38CB96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.145 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CB96
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -50.66, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 53.00, 162.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1391 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.145 164)
XYZ	xyz(28.4887, 45.7513, 36.1777)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CB96 #CB386D

analogous

#38CB4C #38CB96 #38B7CB

triadic

#38CB96 #9638CB #CB9638

tetradic

#38CB96 #4C38CB #CB386D #B7CB38

square

#38CB96 #4C38CB #CB386D #B7CB38

split-complementary

#38CB96 #CB38B7 #CB4C38

monochromatic

#1C6C4F #299D73 #38CB96 #69D8B0 #99E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38CB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#38CB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CB96

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CB96	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.145 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb5',
    500: '#38cb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cb96;
$custom-light: #83dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.367,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75283,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.45755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CB96

secondary

#D08FA6

accent

#467EE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CB96

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

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