#38ACA3#38ACA3

#38ACA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.102 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA3
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 163)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 5.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -33.94, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 34.28, 188.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.1015 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.102 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9912, 32.9875, 39.7988)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA3 #AC3841

analogous

#38AC69 #38ACA3 #387BAC

triadic

#38ACA3 #A338AC #ACA338

tetradic

#38ACA3 #6938AC #AC3841 #7BAC38

square

#38ACA3 #6938AC #AC3841 #7BAC38

split-complementary

#38ACA3 #AC387B #AC6938

monochromatic

#1A504B #297E77 #38ACA3 #58C9C0 #87D8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38ACA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#38ACA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA3

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA3	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.102 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5be',
    500: '#38aca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca3;
$custom-light: #7fc5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.345,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67844,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA3

secondary

#C27E83

accent

#4D58DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA3

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

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