#38ACAE#38ACAE

#38ACAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACAE
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -30.79, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 32.52, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0965 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.101 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0200, 33.3991, 45.2169)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACAE #AE3A38

analogous

#38AE75 #38ACAE #3871AE

triadic

#38ACAE #AE38AC #ACAE38

tetradic

#38ACAE #7538AE #AE3A38 #71AE38

square

#38ACAE #7538AE #AE3A38 #71AE38

split-complementary

#38ACAE #AE3871 #AE7538

monochromatic

#1A5051 #297E80 #38ACAE #59C8CA #88D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#38ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACAE

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACAE	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c6',
    500: '#38acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acae;
$custom-light: #7fc5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68223,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACAE

secondary

#C3807F

accent

#4F4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACAE

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

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