#32B9C4#32B9C4

#32B9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#32B9C4
RGB	rgb(50, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -31.28, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 35.06, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1026 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.112 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6237, 39.3581, 58.3021)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#32B9C4 #C43D32

analogous

#32C486 #32B9C4 #3270C4

triadic

#32B9C4 #C432B9 #B9C432

tetradic

#32B9C4 #8632C4 #C43D32 #70C432

square

#32B9C4 #8632C4 #C43D32 #70C432

split-complementary

#32B9C4 #C43270 #C48632

monochromatic

#195D62 #268B93 #32B9C4 #5DCDD6 #8EDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#32B9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#32B9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #32B9C4

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##32B9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##32B9C4	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #32b9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced5',
    500: '#32b9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #32b9c4;
$custom-light: #81ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#32b9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.521,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#32B9C4

secondary

#CD8B85

accent

#5145E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #32B9C4

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

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