#38ACAA#38ACAA

#38ACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.101 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACAA
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -31.95, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 33.04, 194.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0983 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.101 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6358, 33.2454, 43.1937)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACAA #AC383A

analogous

#38AC70 #38ACAA #3874AC

triadic

#38ACAA #AA38AC #ACAA38

tetradic

#38ACAA #7038AC #AC383A #74AC38

square

#38ACAA #7038AC #AC383A #74AC38

split-complementary

#38ACAA #AC3874 #AC7038

monochromatic

#1A504F #297E7C #38ACAA #58C9C7 #87D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#38ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACAA

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACAA	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9097AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.101 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c3',
    500: '#38acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acaa;
$custom-light: #7fc5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68082,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACAA

secondary

#C27E7F

accent

#4D50DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACAA

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

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