#38ABDE#38ABDE

#38ABDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABDE
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -15.11, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 37.99, 246.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0766 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.124 232)
XYZ	xyz(29.3733, 35.2370, 74.3464)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABDE #DE6B38

analogous

#38DEBE #38ABDE #3858DE

triadic

#38ABDE #DE38AB #ABDE38

tetradic

#38ABDE #BE38DE #DE6B38 #58DE38

square

#38ABDE #BE38DE #DE6B38 #58DE38

split-complementary

#38ABDE #DE3858 #DEBE38

monochromatic

#166385 #1F8ABA #38ABDE #6CC1E7 #A1D7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38ABDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38ABDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABDE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABDE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e8',
    500: '#38abde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abde;
$custom-light: #85c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.434,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.3524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABDE

secondary

#DCAB96

accent

#713AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABDE

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

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