#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
RGBrgb(56, 173, 201)
HSLhsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(192, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.70, -23.03, -23.61)
CIE-LCHlch(65.70, 32.98, 225.72°)
OKLaboklab(69.51% -0.0863 -0.0659)
OKLCHoklch(69.51% 0.109 217.4)
XYZxyz(27.1126, 34.9418, 60.5625)
Luminance0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##38ADC91.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

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

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#38ADC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva