#38AFCD#38AFCD

#38AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFCD
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -22.78, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 33.59, 227.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0867 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.111 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9757, 35.9052, 63.2018)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFCD #CD5638

analogous

#38CDA1 #38AFCD #3864CD

triadic

#38AFCD #CD38AF #AFCD38

tetradic

#38AFCD #A138CD #CD5638 #64CD38

square

#38AFCD #A138CD #CD5638 #64CD38

split-complementary

#38AFCD #CD3864 #CDA138

monochromatic

#1C5E6F #2888A0 #38AFCD #69C3D9 #9AD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFCD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFCD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7dc',
    500: '#38afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afcd;
$custom-light: #83c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.081,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7016,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFCD

secondary

#D19D8F

accent

#6545E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFCD

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

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