#38ACC6#38ACC6

#38ACC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.107 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC6
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 198)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -23.47, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 32.56, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0865 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.107 216)
XYZ	xyz(26.5722, 34.4199, 58.6584)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC6 #C65238

analogous

#38C699 #38ACC6 #3865C6

triadic

#38ACC6 #C638AC #ACC638

tetradic

#38ACC6 #9938C6 #C65238 #65C638

square

#38ACC6 #9938C6 #C65238 #65C638

split-complementary

#38ACC6 #C63865 #C69938

monochromatic

#1D5967 #2B8396 #38ACC6 #67C0D4 #97D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38ACC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#38ACC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC6

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC6	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#9AA7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8798C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.107 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d7',
    500: '#38acc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc6;
$custom-light: #82c5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69148,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.34423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC6

secondary

#CD998D

accent

#6449DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC6

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

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