#38AFC7#38AFC7

#38AFC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.108 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AFC7
RGBrgb(56, 175, 199)
HSLhsl(190, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(190, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(66.23, -24.68, -21.70)
CIE-LCHlch(66.23, 32.86, 221.32°)
OKLaboklab(69.91% -0.0891 -0.0605)
OKLCHoklch(69.91% 0.108 214.2)
XYZxyz(27.2653, 35.6210, 59.4603)
Luminance0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AFC7 #C75038
analogous
#38C797 #38AFC7 #3868C7
triadic
#38AFC7 #C738AF #AFC738
tetradic
#38AFC7 #9738C7 #C75038 #68C738
square
#38AFC7 #9738C7 #C75038 #68C738
split-complementary
#38AFC7 #C73868 #C79738
monochromatic
#1D5B67 #2B8597 #38AFC7 #68C2D4 #98D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#38AFC7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12
#38AFC7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC7
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AFC7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AFC71.002.588.128.12
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1221.001.001.00
##0000008.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EA9C8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A9BC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38afc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.108 214.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d8',
    500: '#38afc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38afc7;
$custom-light: #82c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38afc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69912,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AFC7
secondary
#CD988D
accent
#6248DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC7

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#38AFC7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva