#38ACA5#38ACA5

#38ACA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.102 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA5
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -33.38, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 33.88, 189.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.1006 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.102 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1718, 33.0598, 40.7500)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA5 #AC383F

analogous

#38AC6B #38ACA5 #3879AC

triadic

#38ACA5 #A538AC #ACA538

tetradic

#38ACA5 #6B38AC #AC383F #79AC38

square

#38ACA5 #6B38AC #AC383F #79AC38

split-complementary

#38ACA5 #AC3879 #AC6B38

monochromatic

#1A504C #297E79 #38ACA5 #58C9C2 #87D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38ACA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#38ACA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA5

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA5	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.102 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5bf',
    500: '#38aca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca5;
$custom-light: #7fc5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.379,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67911,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA5

secondary

#C27E82

accent

#4D56DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA5

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

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