#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
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -23.86, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 32.90, 223.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0877 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.108 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1879, 35.2798, 60.0092)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38AEC8	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38AEC8

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

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