#38ABD2#38ABD2

#38ABD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABD2
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -19.09, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 34.70, 236.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0809 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.115 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8219, 34.6164, 66.1756)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABD2 #D25F38

analogous

#38D2AC #38ABD2 #385ED2

triadic

#38ABD2 #D238AB #ABD238

tetradic

#38ABD2 #AC38D2 #D25F38 #5ED238

square

#38ABD2 #AC38D2 #D25F38 #5ED238

split-complementary

#38ABD2 #D2385E #D2AC38

monochromatic

#1A5E75 #2686A7 #38ABD2 #6AC0DD #9CD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38ABD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#38ABD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABD2

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABD2	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e0',
    500: '#38abd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abd2;
$custom-light: #84c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.195,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69421,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABD2

secondary

#D5A291

accent

#6B42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABD2

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

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