#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
RGBrgb(56, 172, 198)
HSLhsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.29, -23.47, -22.57)
CIE-LCHlch(65.29, 32.56, 223.89°)
OKLaboklab(69.15% -0.0865 -0.0629)
OKLCHoklch(69.15% 0.107 216)
XYZxyz(26.5722, 34.4199, 58.6584)
Luminance0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

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
##38ACC61.002.667.887.88
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

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

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#38ACC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva