#32B9C5#32B9C5

#32B9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#32B9C5
RGB	rgb(50, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -30.97, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 35.02, 207.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1021 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.112 204)
XYZ	xyz(28.7379, 39.4038, 58.9036)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#32B9C5 #C53E32

analogous

#32C587 #32B9C5 #326FC5

triadic

#32B9C5 #C532B9 #B9C532

tetradic

#32B9C5 #8732C5 #C53E32 #6FC532

square

#32B9C5 #8732C5 #C53E32 #6FC532

split-complementary

#32B9C5 #C5326F #C58732

monochromatic

#195D63 #268B94 #32B9C5 #5ECCD6 #8FDCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#32B9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#32B9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #32B9C5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##32B9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##32B9C5	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #32b9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced6',
    500: '#32b9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #32b9c5;
$custom-light: #81ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#32b9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72126,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.39407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#32B9C5

secondary

#CD8C86

accent

#5245E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #32B9C5

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

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