#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
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -18.56, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 34.80, 237.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0799 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.115 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6337, 34.2401, 66.1129)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38AAD2	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38AAD2

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

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