#38ACA2#38ACA2

#38ACA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA2
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 162)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -34.22, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 34.49, 187.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.1019 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.103 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9020, 32.9518, 39.3288)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA2 #AC3842

analogous

#38AC68 #38ACA2 #387CAC

triadic

#38ACA2 #A238AC #ACA238

tetradic

#38ACA2 #6838AC #AC3842 #7CAC38

square

#38ACA2 #6838AC #AC3842 #7CAC38

split-complementary

#38ACA2 #AC387C #AC6838

monochromatic

#1A504B #297E77 #38ACA2 #58C9BF #87D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38ACA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#38ACA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA2

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA2	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5bd',
    500: '#38aca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca2;
$custom-light: #7ec5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67811,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA2

secondary

#C27E84

accent

#4D5ADA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA2

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

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