#38ABDB#38ABDB

#38ABDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABDB
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -16.12, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 37.08, 244.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0776 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.122 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9748, 35.0776, 72.2477)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABDB #DB6838

analogous

#38DBBA #38ABDB #385ADB

triadic

#38ABDB #DB38AB #ABDB38

tetradic

#38ABDB #BA38DB #DB6838 #5ADB38

square

#38ABDB #BA38DB #DB6838 #5ADB38

split-complementary

#38ABDB #DB385A #DBBA38

monochromatic

#176281 #2189B5 #38ABDB #6CC1E4 #A0D7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABDB

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABDB	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e6',
    500: '#38abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abdb;
$custom-light: #85c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.669,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69828,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABDB

secondary

#DAA995

accent

#703CEC

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABDB

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

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