#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
RGBrgb(56, 173, 200)
HSLhsl(191, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.67, -23.35, -23.11)
CIE-LCHlch(65.67, 32.85, 224.71°)
OKLaboklab(69.47% -0.0867 -0.0645)
OKLCHoklch(69.47% 0.108 216.6)
XYZxyz(26.9954, 34.8949, 59.9450)
Luminance0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##38ADC81.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

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

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#38ADC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva