#38ACCD#38ACCD

#38ACCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACCD
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -21.23, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 33.61, 230.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0838 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.111 221)
XYZ	xyz(27.3983, 34.7504, 63.0093)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACCD #CD5938

analogous

#38CDA3 #38ACCD #3861CD

triadic

#38ACCD #CD38AC #ACCD38

tetradic

#38ACCD #A338CD #CD5938 #61CD38

square

#38ACCD #A338CD #CD5938 #61CD38

split-complementary

#38ACCD #CD3861 #CDA338

monochromatic

#1C5C6F #2885A0 #38ACCD #69C0D9 #9AD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38ACCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38ACCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACCD

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACCD	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38accd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5dc',
    500: '#38accd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38accd;
$custom-light: #83c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38accd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.289,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69442,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACCD

secondary

#D19E8F

accent

#6845E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACCD

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

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