#32B9B4#32B9B4

#32B9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#32B9B4
RGB	rgb(50, 185, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -36.00, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 36.83, 192.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.1095 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.112 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8987, 38.6681, 49.2172)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#32B9B4 #B93237

analogous

#32B970 #32B9B4 #327AB9

triadic

#32B9B4 #B432B9 #B9B432

tetradic

#32B9B4 #7032B9 #B93237 #7AB932

square

#32B9B4 #7032B9 #B93237 #7AB932

split-complementary

#32B9B4 #B9327A #B97032

monochromatic

#185956 #258985 #32B9B4 #57D2CD #87DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#32B9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#32B9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #32B9B4

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##32B9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##32B9B4	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #32b9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 185, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceca',
    500: '#32b9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #32b9b4;
$custom-light: #80ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#32b9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#32B9B4

secondary

#C87F81

accent

#474DE1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #32B9B4

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

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