#38ABD9#38ABD9

#38ABD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABD9
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -16.78, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 36.50, 242.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0783 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.12 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7131, 34.9729, 70.8694)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABD9 #D96638

analogous

#38D9B6 #38ABD9 #385AD9

triadic

#38ABD9 #D938AB #ABD938

tetradic

#38ABD9 #B638D9 #D96638 #5AD938

square

#38ABD9 #B638D9 #D96638 #5AD938

split-complementary

#38ABD9 #D9385A #D9B638

monochromatic

#18617E #2289B2 #38ABD9 #6BC1E3 #9FD6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38ABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#38ABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABD9

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABD9	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e5',
    500: '#38abd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abd9;
$custom-light: #85c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69736,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABD9

secondary

#D9A894

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABD9

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

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