#38ACD1#38ACD1

#38ACD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.114 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ACD1
RGBrgb(56, 172, 209)
HSLhsl(195, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(195, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(65.71, -19.94, -28.03)
CIE-LCHlch(65.71, 34.40, 234.58°)
OKLaboklab(69.62% -0.0822 -0.0785)
OKLCHoklch(69.62% 0.114 223.7)
XYZxyz(27.8873, 34.9460, 65.5847)
Luminance0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ACD1 #D15D38
analogous
#38D1AA #38ACD1 #3860D1
triadic
#38ACD1 #D138AC #ACD138
tetradic
#38ACD1 #AA38D1 #D15D38 #60D138
square
#38ACD1 #AA38D1 #D15D38 #60D138
split-complementary
#38ACD1 #D13860 #D1AA38
monochromatic
#1B5E74 #2687A6 #38ACD1 #6AC1DC #9BD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#38ACD1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#38ACD1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACD1
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ACD1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ACD11.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97A8D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8299D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38acd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.114 223.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4df',
    500: '#38acd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38acd1;
$custom-light: #83c4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38acd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69615,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ACD1
secondary
#D4A191
accent
#6A42E6
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#38ACD1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva