#38ACAF#38ACAF

#38ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACAF
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -30.50, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 32.41, 199.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0961 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.101 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1178, 33.4382, 45.7323)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACAF #AF3B38

analogous

#38AF77 #38ACAF #3870AF

triadic

#38ACAF #AF38AC #ACAF38

tetradic

#38ACAF #7738AF #AF3B38 #70AF38

square

#38ACAF #7738AF #AF3B38 #70AF38

split-complementary

#38ACAF #AF3870 #AF7738

monochromatic

#1A5152 #297E81 #38ACAF #5AC7CA #88D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#38ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACAF

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACAF	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5c6',
    500: '#38acaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acaf;
$custom-light: #80c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68259,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACAF

secondary

#C38180

accent

#504DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACAF

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

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