#38ACA7#38ACA7

#38ACA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA7
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 167)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -32.81, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 33.52, 191.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0997 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.101 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3553, 33.1332, 41.7162)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA7 #AC383D

analogous

#38AC6D #38ACA7 #3877AC

triadic

#38ACA7 #A738AC #ACA738

tetradic

#38ACA7 #6D38AC #AC383D #77AC38

square

#38ACA7 #6D38AC #AC383D #77AC38

split-complementary

#38ACA7 #AC3877 #AC6D38

monochromatic

#1A504D #297E7A #38ACA7 #58C9C4 #87D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38ACA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38ACA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA7

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA7	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c1',
    500: '#38aca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca7;
$custom-light: #7fc5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.414,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67979,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA7

secondary

#C27E81

accent

#4D54DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA7

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

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