#38ADC5#38ADC5

#38ADC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADC5
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -24.29, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 32.52, 221.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0879 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.107 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6482, 34.7560, 58.1166)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADC5 #C55038

analogous

#38C597 #38ADC5 #3866C5

triadic

#38ADC5 #C538AD #ADC538

tetradic

#38ADC5 #9738C5 #C55038 #66C538

square

#38ADC5 #9738C5 #C55038 #66C538

split-complementary

#38ADC5 #C53866 #C59738

monochromatic

#1D5966 #2A8395 #38ADC5 #67C1D4 #96D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38ADC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38ADC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADC5

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADC5	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)

#9CA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d6',
    500: '#38adc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adc5;
$custom-light: #82c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69348,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADC5

secondary

#CD978C

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADC5

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

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