#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
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 199)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -24.68, -21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 32.86, 221.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0891 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.108 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2653, 35.6210, 59.4603)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38AFC7	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	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)

#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

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

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