#38AFC9#38AFC9

#38AFC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC9
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -24.05, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 33.07, 223.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0883 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.109 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4990, 35.7145, 60.6913)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC9 #C95238

analogous

#38C99B #38AFC9 #3866C9

triadic

#38AFC9 #C938AF #AFC938

tetradic

#38AFC9 #9B38C9 #C95238 #66C938

square

#38AFC9 #9B38C9 #C95238 #66C938

split-complementary

#38AFC9 #C93866 #C99B38

monochromatic

#1D5C6A #2A869A #38AFC9 #68C2D6 #98D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38AFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#38AFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC9

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC9	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7d9',
    500: '#38afc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc9;
$custom-light: #83c7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.759,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC9

secondary

#CF9A8E

accent

#6347E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC9

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

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