#38ABD4#38ABD4

#38ABD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABD4
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -18.43, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 35.18, 238.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0802 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.116 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0726, 34.7167, 67.4961)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABD4 #D46138

analogous

#38D4AF #38ABD4 #385DD4

triadic

#38ABD4 #D438AB #ABD438

tetradic

#38ABD4 #AF38D4 #D46138 #5DD438

square

#38ABD4 #AF38D4 #D46138 #5DD438

split-complementary

#38ABD4 #D4385D #D4AF38

monochromatic

#1A5F78 #2587AA #38ABD4 #6AC0DF #9DD5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38ABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#38ABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABD4

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABD4	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e1',
    500: '#38abd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abd4;
$custom-light: #84c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6951,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABD4

secondary

#D6A492

accent

#6C40E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABD4

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

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