#38ABD3#38ABD3

#38ABD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABD3
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 19%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -18.76, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 34.94, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0805 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.115 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9468, 34.6664, 66.8338)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABD3 #D36038

analogous

#38D3AE #38ABD3 #385DD3

triadic

#38ABD3 #D338AB #ABD338

tetradic

#38ABD3 #AE38D3 #D36038 #5DD338

square

#38ABD3 #AE38D3 #D36038 #5DD338

split-complementary

#38ABD3 #D3385D #D3AE38

monochromatic

#1A5F76 #2587A9 #38ABD3 #6AC0DE #9CD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38ABD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#38ABD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABD3

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABD3	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e0',
    500: '#38abd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abd3;
$custom-light: #84c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69466,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABD3

secondary

#D5A392

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABD3

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

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