#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
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -19.61, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 34.62, 235.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0819 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.114 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0115, 34.9956, 66.2388)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38ACD2	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38ACD2

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

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