#38AFCF#38AFCF

#38AFCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFCF
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -22.14, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 33.90, 229.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0859 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.112 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2186, 36.0024, 64.4813)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFCF #CF5838

analogous

#38CFA4 #38AFCF #3864CF

triadic

#38AFCF #CF38AF #AFCF38

tetradic

#38AFCF #A438CF #CF5838 #64CF38

square

#38AFCF #A438CF #CF5838 #64CF38

split-complementary

#38AFCF #CF3864 #CFA438

monochromatic

#1B5F71 #2788A3 #38AFCF #69C3DB #9BD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38AFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#38AFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFCF

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFCF	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7dd',
    500: '#38afcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afcf;
$custom-light: #83c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70244,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFCF

secondary

#D39E90

accent

#6644E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFCF

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

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