#38ABDA#38ABDA

#38ABDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABDA
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -16.45, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 36.79, 243.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.078 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.121 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8436, 35.0251, 71.5564)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABDA #DA6738

analogous

#38DAB8 #38ABDA #385ADA

triadic

#38ABDA #DA38AB #ABDA38

tetradic

#38ABDA #B838DA #DA6738 #5ADA38

square

#38ABDA #B838DA #DA6738 #5ADA38

split-complementary

#38ABDA #DA385A #DAB838

monochromatic

#186280 #2189B3 #38ABDA #6CC1E4 #9FD7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38ABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38ABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABDA

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABDA	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 229.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.407,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABDA

secondary

#DAA894

accent

#6F3CEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABDA

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

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