#38ABD5#38ABD5

#38ABD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABD5
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -18.10, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 35.43, 239.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0798 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.117 227)
XYZ	xyz(28.1991, 34.7673, 68.1625)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABD5 #D56238

analogous

#38D5B0 #38ABD5 #385CD5

triadic

#38ABD5 #D538AB #ABD538

tetradic

#38ABD5 #B038D5 #D56238 #5CD538

square

#38ABD5 #B038D5 #D56238 #5CD538

split-complementary

#38ABD5 #D5385C #D5B038

monochromatic

#1A6079 #2487AC #38ABD5 #6BC0E0 #9DD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38ABD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38ABD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABD5

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABD5	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e2',
    500: '#38abd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abd5;
$custom-light: #84c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69555,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.34771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABD5

secondary

#D6A592

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABD5

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

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