#38AAD2#38AAD2

#38AAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.115 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AAD2
RGBrgb(56, 170, 210)
HSLhsl(196, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(196, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.15, -18.56, -29.44)
CIE-LCHlch(65.15, 34.80, 237.77°)
OKLaboklab(69.18% -0.0799 -0.0825)
OKLCHoklch(69.18% 0.115 225.9)
XYZxyz(27.6337, 34.2401, 66.1129)
Luminance0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AAD2 #D26038
analogous
#38D2AD #38AAD2 #385DD2
triadic
#38AAD2 #D238AA #AAD238
tetradic
#38AAD2 #AD38D2 #D26038 #5DD238
square
#38AAD2 #AD38D2 #D26038 #5DD238
split-complementary
#38AAD2 #D2385D #D2AD38
monochromatic
#1A5E75 #2685A7 #38AAD2 #6ABFDD #9CD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#38AAD2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85
#38AAD2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAD2
7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AAD2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AAD21.002.687.857.85
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8521.001.001.00
##0000007.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#94A7D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F98D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38aad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.115 225.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3e0',
    500: '#38aad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38aad2;
$custom-light: #83c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38aad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69184,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AAD2
secondary
#D5A391
accent
#6C42E6
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#38AAD2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva