#38AFC8#38AFC8

#38AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC8
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -24.37, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 32.96, 222.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0887 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.108 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3818, 35.6676, 60.0738)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC8 #C85138

analogous

#38C899 #38AFC8 #3867C8

triadic

#38AFC8 #C838AF #AFC838

tetradic

#38AFC8 #9938C8 #C85138 #67C838

square

#38AFC8 #9938C8 #C85138 #67C838

split-complementary

#38AFC8 #C83867 #C89938

monochromatic

#1D5C69 #2A8599 #38AFC8 #68C2D5 #98D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#38AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC8

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC8	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7d8',
    500: '#38afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc8;
$custom-light: #83c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69953,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC8

secondary

#CE998E

accent

#6248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC8

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

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