#38ABD0#38ABD0

#38ABD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABD0
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -19.74, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 34.26, 234.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0816 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.113 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5743, 34.5174, 64.8715)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABD0 #D05D38

analogous

#38D0A9 #38ABD0 #385FD0

triadic

#38ABD0 #D038AB #ABD038

tetradic

#38ABD0 #A938D0 #D05D38 #5FD038

square

#38ABD0 #A938D0 #D05D38 #5FD038

split-complementary

#38ABD0 #D0385F #D0A938

monochromatic

#1B5D73 #2786A4 #38ABD0 #6AC0DC #9BD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38ABD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38ABD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABD0

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABD0	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4de',
    500: '#38abd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abd0;
$custom-light: #83c4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABD0

secondary

#D3A191

accent

#6A43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABD0

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

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