#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
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 209)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -19.41, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 34.48, 235.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0813 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.114 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6977, 34.5668, 65.5215)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38ABD1	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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