#38ACAD#38ACAD

#38ACAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACAD
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 173)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -31.08, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 32.63, 197.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.097 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.101 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9229, 33.3602, 44.7054)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACAD #AD3938

analogous

#38AD74 #38ACAD #3871AD

triadic

#38ACAD #AD38AC #ACAD38

tetradic

#38ACAD #7438AD #AD3938 #71AD38

square

#38ACAD #7438AD #AD3938 #71AD38

split-complementary

#38ACAD #AD3871 #AD7438

monochromatic

#1A5051 #297E7F #38ACAD #59C8C9 #87D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ACAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#38ACAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACAD

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACAD	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c5',
    500: '#38acad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acad;
$custom-light: #7fc5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.513,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68188,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACAD

secondary

#C27F7F

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACAD

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

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