#38ACD2#38ACD2

#38ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ACD2
RGBrgb(56, 172, 210)
HSLhsl(195, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(195, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.75, -19.61, -28.53)
CIE-LCHlch(65.75, 34.62, 235.49°)
OKLaboklab(69.66% -0.0819 -0.0799)
OKLCHoklch(69.66% 0.114 224.3)
XYZxyz(28.0115, 34.9956, 66.2388)
Luminance0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ACD2 #D25E38
analogous
#38D2AB #38ACD2 #385FD2
triadic
#38ACD2 #D238AC #ACD238
tetradic
#38ACD2 #AB38D2 #D25E38 #5FD238
square
#38ACD2 #AB38D2 #D25E38 #5FD238
split-complementary
#38ACD2 #D2385F #D2AB38
monochromatic
#1A5F75 #2687A7 #38ACD2 #6AC1DD #9CD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#38ACD2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00
#38ACD2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACD2
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ACD2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ACD21.002.638.008.00
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0021.001.001.00
##0000008.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97A8D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8299D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 224.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e0',
    500: '#38acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38acd2;
$custom-light: #84c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.805,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ACD2
secondary
#D5A291
accent
#6A42E6
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#38ACD2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva