#38ADC8#38ADC8

#38ADC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.108 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADC8
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -23.35, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 32.85, 224.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0867 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.108 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9954, 34.8949, 59.9450)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADC8 #C85338

analogous

#38C89B #38ADC8 #3865C8

triadic

#38ADC8 #C838AD #ADC838

tetradic

#38ADC8 #9B38C8 #C85338 #65C838

square

#38ADC8 #9B38C8 #C85338 #65C838

split-complementary

#38ADC8 #C83865 #C89B38

monochromatic

#1D5A69 #2A8499 #38ADC8 #68C1D5 #98D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38ADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#38ADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADC8

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADC8	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.108 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d8',
    500: '#38adc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adc8;
$custom-light: #82c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69471,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADC8

secondary

#CE9A8E

accent

#6448E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADC8

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

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