#38ACC7#38ACC7

#38ACC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.107 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC7
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 199)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -23.15, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 32.69, 224.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0861 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.107 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6879, 34.4662, 59.2679)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC7 #C75338

analogous

#38C79B #38ACC7 #3864C7

triadic

#38ACC7 #C738AC #ACC738

tetradic

#38ACC7 #9B38C7 #C75338 #64C738

square

#38ACC7 #9B38C7 #C75338 #64C738

split-complementary

#38ACC7 #C73864 #C79B38

monochromatic

#1D5967 #2B8397 #38ACC7 #68C0D4 #98D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38ACC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#38ACC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC7

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC7	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.107 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d8',
    500: '#38acc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc7;
$custom-light: #82c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.329,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69189,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC7

secondary

#CD998D

accent

#6548DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC7

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

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