#38AECD#38AECD

#38AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AECD
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -22.27, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 33.58, 228.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0857 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.111 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7818, 35.5174, 63.1371)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AECD #CD5738

analogous

#38CDA1 #38AECD #3863CD

triadic

#38AECD #CD38AE #AECD38

tetradic

#38AECD #A138CD #CD5738 #63CD38

square

#38AECD #A138CD #CD5738 #63CD38

split-complementary

#38AECD #CD3863 #CDA138

monochromatic

#1C5E6F #2887A0 #38AECD #69C2D9 #9AD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AECD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AECD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6dc',
    500: '#38aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aecd;
$custom-light: #83c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.483,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6992,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AECD

secondary

#D19D8F

accent

#6645E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AECD

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

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