#38ACC8#38ACC8

#38ACC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.108 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ACC8
RGBrgb(56, 172, 200)
HSLhsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(192, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.37, -22.83, -23.57)
CIE-LCHlch(65.37, 32.82, 225.91°)
OKLaboklab(69.23% -0.0857 -0.0658)
OKLCHoklch(69.23% 0.108 217.5)
XYZxyz(26.8044, 34.5128, 59.8813)
Luminance0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ACC8 #C85438
analogous
#38C89C #38ACC8 #3864C8
triadic
#38ACC8 #C838AC #ACC838
tetradic
#38ACC8 #9C38C8 #C85438 #64C838
square
#38ACC8 #9C38C8 #C85438 #64C838
split-complementary
#38ACC8 #C83864 #C89C38
monochromatic
#1D5A69 #2A8399 #38ACC8 #68C0D5 #98D4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66
#38ACC8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90
#38ACC8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC8
7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ACC8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ACC81.002.667.907.90
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9021.001.001.00
##0000007.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AA7CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8698C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38acc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.108 217.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d8',
    500: '#38acc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38acc8;
$custom-light: #82c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38acc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69231,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ACC8
secondary
#CE9A8E
accent
#6548E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC8

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#38ACC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva