#38ACC9#38ACC9

#38ACC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC9
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -22.52, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 32.96, 226.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0853 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.109 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9216, 34.5597, 60.4988)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC9 #C95538

analogous

#38C99D #38ACC9 #3863C9

triadic

#38ACC9 #C938AC #ACC938

tetradic

#38ACC9 #9D38C9 #C95538 #63C938

square

#38ACC9 #9D38C9 #C95538 #63C938

split-complementary

#38ACC9 #C93863 #C99D38

monochromatic

#1D5A6A #2A849A #38ACC9 #68C0D6 #98D4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38ACC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#38ACC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC9

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC9	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d9',
    500: '#38acc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc9;
$custom-light: #82c5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69273,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC9

secondary

#CF9B8E

accent

#6647E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC9

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

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