#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
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -22.83, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 32.82, 225.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0857 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.108 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8044, 34.5128, 59.8813)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##38ACC8	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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