#38AECF#38AECF

#38AECF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AECF
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -21.63, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 33.92, 230.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0849 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.112 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0247, 35.6146, 64.4167)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AECF #CF5938

analogous

#38CFA5 #38AECF #3862CF

triadic

#38AECF #CF38AE #AECF38

tetradic

#38AECF #A538CF #CF5938 #62CF38

square

#38AECF #A538CF #CF5938 #62CF38

split-complementary

#38AECF #CF3862 #CFA538

monochromatic

#1B5E71 #2788A3 #38AECF #69C2DB #9BD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38AECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38AECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AECF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AECF	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6dd',
    500: '#38aecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aecf;
$custom-light: #83c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.113,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70005,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AECF

secondary

#D39F90

accent

#6744E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AECF

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

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