#38ADCA#38ADCA

#38ADCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADCA
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -22.71, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 33.12, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0859 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.109 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2307, 34.9890, 61.1841)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADCA #CA5538

analogous

#38CA9E #38ADCA #3864CA

triadic

#38ADCA #CA38AD #ADCA38

tetradic

#38ADCA #9E38CA #CA5538 #64CA38

square

#38ADCA #9E38CA #CA5538 #64CA38

split-complementary

#38ADCA #CA3864 #CA9E38

monochromatic

#1D5B6B #29859B #38ADCA #68C1D7 #99D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38ADCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#38ADCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADCA

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADCA	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5da',
    500: '#38adca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adca;
$custom-light: #83c5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.918,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69555,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADCA

secondary

#CF9B8E

accent

#6547E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADCA

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

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