#38ACA1#38ACA1

#38ACA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA1
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 161)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -34.50, -3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 34.70, 186.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.1024 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.103 186)
XYZ	xyz(22.8134, 32.9164, 38.8625)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA1 #AC3843

analogous

#38AC67 #38ACA1 #387DAC

triadic

#38ACA1 #A138AC #ACA138

tetradic

#38ACA1 #6738AC #AC3843 #7DAC38

square

#38ACA1 #6738AC #AC3843 #7DAC38

split-complementary

#38ACA1 #AC387D #AC6738

monochromatic

#1A504B #297E76 #38ACA1 #58C9BE #87D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38ACA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#38ACA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA1

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA1	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)

#A3A3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5bc',
    500: '#38aca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca1;
$custom-light: #7ec5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67778,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.32919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA1

secondary

#C27E84

accent

#4D5BDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA1

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

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