#38ACAC#38ACAC

#38ACAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACAC
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 172)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -31.37, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 32.76, 196.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0974 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.101 195)
XYZ	xyz(23.8265, 33.3216, 44.1977)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACAC #AC3838

analogous

#38AC72 #38ACAC #3872AC

triadic

#38ACAC #AC38AC #ACAC38

tetradic

#38ACAC #7238AC #AC3838 #72AC38

square

#38ACAC #7238AC #AC3838 #72AC38

split-complementary

#38ACAC #AC3872 #AC7238

monochromatic

#1A5050 #297E7E #38ACAC #58C9C9 #87D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ACAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#38ACAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACAC

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACAC	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c4',
    500: '#38acac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acac;
$custom-light: #7fc5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68152,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.33324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACAC

secondary

#C27E7E

accent

#4D4DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACAC

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

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