#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
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -22.46, -25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 33.74, 228.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0863 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.111 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0968, 35.9536, 63.8395)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38AFCE	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38AFCE

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

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