#38AFCE#38AFCE

#38AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AFCE
RGBrgb(56, 175, 206)
HSLhsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.48, -22.46, -25.18)
CIE-LCHlch(66.48, 33.74, 228.27°)
OKLaboklab(70.2% -0.0863 -0.0703)
OKLCHoklch(70.2% 0.111 219.2)
XYZxyz(28.0968, 35.9536, 63.8395)
Luminance0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AFCE #CE5738
analogous
#38CEA2 #38AFCE #3864CE
triadic
#38AFCE #CE38AF #AFCE38
tetradic
#38AFCE #A238CE #CE5738 #64CE38
square
#38AFCE #A238CE #CE5738 #64CE38
split-complementary
#38AFCE #CE3864 #CEA238
monochromatic
#1C5F70 #2888A1 #38AFCE #69C3DA #9AD6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#38AFCE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19
#38AFCE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFCE
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AFCE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AFCE1.002.568.198.19
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CAAD0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#879BCE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 219.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7dd',
    500: '#38afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38afce;
$custom-light: #83c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70202,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AFCE
secondary
#D29E90
accent
#6544E4
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38AFCE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva