#38ADCB#38ADCB

#38ADCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.110 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADCB
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -22.39, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 33.27, 227.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0855 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.11 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3494, 35.0365, 61.8096)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADCB #CB5638

analogous

#38CB9F #38ADCB #3863CB

triadic

#38ADCB #CB38AD #ADCB38

tetradic

#38ADCB #9F38CB #CB5638 #63CB38

square

#38ADCB #9F38CB #CB5638 #63CB38

split-complementary

#38ADCB #CB3863 #CB9F38

monochromatic

#1C5C6C #29859D #38ADCB #69C1D8 #99D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38ADCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38ADCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADCB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADCB	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.110 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5db',
    500: '#38adcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adcb;
$custom-light: #83c5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69596,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADCB

secondary

#D09C8F

accent

#6646E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADCB

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

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