#38ADC7#38ADC7

#38ADC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ADC7
RGBrgb(56, 173, 199)
HSLhsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(65.63, -23.66, -22.62)
CIE-LCHlch(65.63, 32.73, 223.70°)
OKLaboklab(69.43% -0.0871 -0.063)
OKLCHoklch(69.43% 0.108 215.9)
XYZxyz(26.8789, 34.8483, 59.3315)
Luminance0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ADC7 #C75238
analogous
#38C799 #38ADC7 #3866C7
triadic
#38ADC7 #C738AD #ADC738
tetradic
#38ADC7 #9938C7 #C75238 #66C738
square
#38ADC7 #9938C7 #C75238 #66C738
split-complementary
#38ADC7 #C73866 #C79938
monochromatic
#1D5A67 #2B8397 #38ADC7 #68C1D4 #98D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#38ADC7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97
#38ADC7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADC7
7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ADC7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ADC71.002.637.977.97
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9721.001.001.00
##0000007.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BA8C8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8799C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38adc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 215.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d8',
    500: '#38adc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38adc7;
$custom-light: #82c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38adc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ADC7
secondary
#CD998D
accent
#6448DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADC7

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#38ADC7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva