#38ACC5#38ACC5

#38ACC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC5
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -23.78, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 32.45, 222.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0869 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.106 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4572, 34.3739, 58.0530)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC5 #C55138

analogous

#38C597 #38ACC5 #3866C5

triadic

#38ACC5 #C538AC #ACC538

tetradic

#38ACC5 #9738C5 #C55138 #66C538

square

#38ACC5 #9738C5 #C55138 #66C538

split-complementary

#38ACC5 #C53866 #C59738

monochromatic

#1D5966 #2A8295 #38ACC5 #67C0D4 #96D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38ACC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#38ACC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC5

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC5	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d6',
    500: '#38acc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc5;
$custom-light: #82c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.638,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69107,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC5

secondary

#CD988C

accent

#6349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC5

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

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