#38AFCC#38AFCC

#38AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFCC
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -23.10, -24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 33.45, 226.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0871 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.11 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8554, 35.8571, 62.5681)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFCC #CC5538

analogous

#38CC9F #38AFCC #3865CC

triadic

#38AFCC #CC38AF #AFCC38

tetradic

#38AFCC #9F38CC #CC5538 #65CC38

square

#38AFCC #9F38CC #CC5538 #65CC38

split-complementary

#38AFCC #CC3865 #CC9F38

monochromatic

#1C5E6E #29879E #38AFCC #69C3D8 #99D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFCC

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFCC	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7db',
    500: '#38afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afcc;
$custom-light: #83c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.757,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70118,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFCC

secondary

#D19C8F

accent

#6445E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFCC

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

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