#38ACD0#38ACD0

#38ACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACD0
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -20.26, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 34.19, 233.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0826 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.113 223)
XYZ	xyz(27.7639, 34.8966, 64.9347)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACD0 #D05C38

analogous

#38D0A8 #38ACD0 #3860D0

triadic

#38ACD0 #D038AC #ACD038

tetradic

#38ACD0 #A838D0 #D05C38 #60D038

square

#38ACD0 #A838D0 #D05C38 #60D038

split-complementary

#38ACD0 #D03860 #D0A838

monochromatic

#1B5E73 #2786A4 #38ACD0 #6AC1DC #9BD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38ACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#38ACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACD0

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACD0	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4de',
    500: '#38acd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acd0;
$custom-light: #83c4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69571,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACD0

secondary

#D3A091

accent

#6943E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACD0

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

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