#38ADC9#38ADC9

#38ADC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.109 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADC9
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -23.03, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 32.98, 225.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0863 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.109 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1126, 34.9418, 60.5625)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADC9 #C95438

analogous

#38C99C #38ADC9 #3865C9

triadic

#38ADC9 #C938AD #ADC938

tetradic

#38ADC9 #9C38C9 #C95438 #65C938

square

#38ADC9 #9C38C9 #C95438 #65C938

split-complementary

#38ADC9 #C93865 #C99C38

monochromatic

#1D5B6A #2A849A #38ADC9 #68C1D6 #98D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38ADC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#38ADC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADC9

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADC9	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.109 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5d9',
    500: '#38adc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adc9;
$custom-light: #83c5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.586,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69513,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADC9

secondary

#CF9B8E

accent

#6547E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADC9

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

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