#38ADCF#38ADCF

#38ADCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.112 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADCF
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -21.11, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 33.95, 231.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.084 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.112 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8323, 35.2296, 64.3525)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADCF #CF5A38

analogous

#38CFA6 #38ADCF #3862CF

triadic

#38ADCF #CF38AD #ADCF38

tetradic

#38ADCF #A638CF #CF5A38 #62CF38

square

#38ADCF #A638CF #CF5A38 #62CF38

split-complementary

#38ADCF #CF3862 #CFA638

monochromatic

#1B5E71 #2787A3 #38ADCF #69C1DB #9BD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38ADCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38ADCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADCF

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADCF	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.112 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5dd',
    500: '#38adcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adcf;
$custom-light: #83c5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.51,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69767,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADCF

secondary

#D39F90

accent

#6844E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADCF

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

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