#38ACA8#38ACA8

#38ACA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA8
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -32.53, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 33.35, 192.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0992 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.101 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4481, 33.1703, 42.2049)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA8 #AC383C

analogous

#38AC6E #38ACA8 #3876AC

triadic

#38ACA8 #A838AC #ACA838

tetradic

#38ACA8 #6E38AC #AC383C #76AC38

square

#38ACA8 #6E38AC #AC383C #76AC38

split-complementary

#38ACA8 #AC3876 #AC6E38

monochromatic

#1A504E #297E7B #38ACA8 #58C9C5 #87D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA8

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA8	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)

#A2A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c1',
    500: '#38aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca8;
$custom-light: #7fc5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68013,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA8

secondary

#C27E80

accent

#4D52DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA8

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

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