#38ACA0#38ACA0

#38ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.103 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA0
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -34.77, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 34.93, 185.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.1028 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.103 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7256, 32.8813, 38.3999)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA0 #AC3844

analogous

#38AC66 #38ACA0 #387EAC

triadic

#38ACA0 #A038AC #ACA038

tetradic

#38ACA0 #6638AC #AC3844 #7EAC38

square

#38ACA0 #6638AC #AC3844 #7EAC38

split-complementary

#38ACA0 #AC387E #AC6638

monochromatic

#1A504A #297E75 #38ACA0 #58C9BD #87D8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#38ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA0

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA0	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.103 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5bc',
    500: '#38aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca0;
$custom-light: #7ec5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67745,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA0

secondary

#C27E85

accent

#4D5CDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA0

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

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