#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
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 199)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -23.66, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 32.73, 223.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0871 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.108 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8789, 34.8483, 59.3315)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38ADC7	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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