#38ABD1#38ABD1

#38ABD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ABD1
RGBrgb(56, 171, 209)
HSLhsl(195, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(195, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(65.41, -19.41, -28.49)
CIE-LCHlch(65.41, 34.48, 235.73°)
OKLaboklab(69.38% -0.0813 -0.0798)
OKLCHoklch(69.38% 0.114 224.5)
XYZxyz(27.6977, 34.5668, 65.5215)
Luminance0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ABD1 #D15E38
analogous
#38D1AB #38ABD1 #385FD1
triadic
#38ABD1 #D138AB #ABD138
tetradic
#38ABD1 #AB38D1 #D15E38 #5FD138
square
#38ABD1 #AB38D1 #D15E38 #5FD138
split-complementary
#38ABD1 #D1385F #D1AB38
monochromatic
#1B5E74 #2686A6 #38ABD1 #6AC0DC #9BD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#38ABD1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91
#38ABD1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABD1
7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ABD1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ABD11.002.657.917.91
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9121.001.001.00
##0000007.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96A7D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8198D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38abd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 224.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4df',
    500: '#38abd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38abd1;
$custom-light: #83c4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38abd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69377,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ABD1
secondary
#D4A291
accent
#6B42E6
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABD1

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#38ABD1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva