#38ABCD#38ABCD

#38ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABCD
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -20.71, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 33.64, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0828 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.111 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2087, 34.3712, 62.9461)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABCD #CD5A38

analogous

#38CDA4 #38ABCD #3860CD

triadic

#38ABCD #CD38AB #ABCD38

tetradic

#38ABCD #A438CD #CD5A38 #60CD38

square

#38ABCD #A438CD #CD5A38 #60CD38

split-complementary

#38ABCD #CD3860 #CDA438

monochromatic

#1C5C6F #2884A0 #38ABCD #69C0D9 #9AD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#38ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABCD

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABCD	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4dc',
    500: '#38abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abcd;
$custom-light: #83c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69203,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABCD

secondary

#D19F8F

accent

#6945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABCD

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

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