#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
RGBrgb(56, 173, 207)
HSLhsl(194, 61%, 52%)
HSVhsv(194, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.93, -21.11, -26.59)
CIE-LCHlch(65.93, 33.95, 231.56°)
OKLaboklab(69.77% -0.084 -0.0743)
OKLCHoklch(69.77% 0.112 221.5)
XYZxyz(27.8323, 35.2296, 64.3525)
Luminance0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38ADCF1.002.618.058.05
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0521.001.001.00
##0000008.0521.001.001.00

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

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