#38AEC8#38AEC8

#38AEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.108 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AEC8
RGBrgb(56, 174, 200)
HSLhsl(191, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.97, -23.86, -22.66)
CIE-LCHlch(65.97, 32.90, 223.52°)
OKLaboklab(69.71% -0.0877 -0.0632)
OKLCHoklch(69.71% 0.108 215.8)
XYZxyz(27.1879, 35.2798, 60.0092)
Luminance0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AEC8 #C85238
analogous
#38C89A #38AEC8 #3866C8
triadic
#38AEC8 #C838AE #AEC838
tetradic
#38AEC8 #9A38C8 #C85238 #66C838
square
#38AEC8 #9A38C8 #C85238 #66C838
split-complementary
#38AEC8 #C83866 #C89A38
monochromatic
#1D5B69 #2A8599 #38AEC8 #68C2D5 #98D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61
#38AEC8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06
#38AEC8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEC8
8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AEC8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AEC81.002.618.068.06
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0621.001.001.00
##0000008.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CA9C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#889AC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.108 215.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6d8',
    500: '#38aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38aec8;
$custom-light: #82c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AEC8
secondary
#CE998E
accent
#6348E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38AEC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva