#38CC96#38CC96

#38CC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.146 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CC96
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 26.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -51.06, 16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 53.51, 162.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1401 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.146 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7256, 46.2251, 36.2567)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CC96 #CC386E

analogous

#38CC4C #38CC96 #38B8CC

triadic

#38CC96 #9638CC #CC9638

tetradic

#38CC96 #4C38CC #CC386E #B8CC38

square

#38CC96 #4C38CC #CC386E #B8CC38

split-complementary

#38CC96 #CC38B8 #CC4C38

monochromatic

#1C6E50 #299E73 #38CC96 #69D8B0 #99E5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38CC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#38CC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CC96

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CC96	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.146 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dcb5',
    500: '#38cc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cc96;
$custom-light: #83dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.108,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75535,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CC96

secondary

#D18FA7

accent

#457FE2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CC96

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

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