#38AFCA#38AFCA

#38AFCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFCA
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -23.73, -23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 33.19, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0879 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.109 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6170, 35.7617, 61.3129)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFCA #CA5338

analogous

#38CA9C #38AFCA #3866CA

triadic

#38AFCA #CA38AF #AFCA38

tetradic

#38AFCA #9C38CA #CA5338 #66CA38

square

#38AFCA #9C38CA #CA5338 #66CA38

split-complementary

#38AFCA #CA3866 #CA9C38

monochromatic

#1D5D6B #29869B #38AFCA #68C2D7 #99D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38AFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#38AFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFCA

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFCA	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7da',
    500: '#38afca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afca;
$custom-light: #83c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70035,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFCA

secondary

#CF9A8E

accent

#6347E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFCA

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

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