#38ACA9#38ACA9

#38ACA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACA9
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -32.24, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 33.19, 193.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0988 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.101 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5416, 33.2077, 42.6974)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACA9 #AC383B

analogous

#38AC6F #38ACA9 #3875AC

triadic

#38ACA9 #A938AC #ACA938

tetradic

#38ACA9 #6F38AC #AC383B #75AC38

square

#38ACA9 #6F38AC #AC383B #75AC38

split-complementary

#38ACA9 #AC3875 #AC6F38

monochromatic

#1A504E #297E7C #38ACA9 #58C9C6 #87D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38ACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#38ACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACA9

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACA9	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c2',
    500: '#38aca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aca9;
$custom-light: #7fc5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.448,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68047,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACA9

secondary

#C27E80

accent

#4D51DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACA9

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

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