#38CE96#38CE96

#38CE96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.148 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CE96
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 0%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -51.86, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 54.53, 161.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1421 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.148 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2041, 47.1820, 36.4161)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CE96 #CE3870

analogous

#38CE4B #38CE96 #38BBCE

triadic

#38CE96 #9638CE #CE9638

tetradic

#38CE96 #4B38CE #CE3870 #BBCE38

square

#38CE96 #4B38CE #CE3870 #BBCE38

split-complementary

#38CE96 #CE38BB #CE4B38

monochromatic

#1C7050 #28A174 #38CE96 #69DAB0 #9AE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#38CE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CE96

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CE96	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ce96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.148 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83deb5',
    500: '#38ce96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ce96;
$custom-light: #83deb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ce96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7604,
    "c": 0.14845,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CE96

secondary

#D290A9

accent

#4480E4

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CE96

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

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