#38ACD3#38ACD3

#38ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACD3
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -19.29, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 34.84, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0815 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.115 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1364, 35.0456, 66.8970)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACD3 #D35F38

analogous

#38D3AD #38ACD3 #385ED3

triadic

#38ACD3 #D338AC #ACD338

tetradic

#38ACD3 #AD38D3 #D35F38 #5ED338

square

#38ACD3 #AD38D3 #D35F38 #5ED338

split-complementary

#38ACD3 #D3385E #D3AD38

monochromatic

#1A5F76 #2588A9 #38ACD3 #6AC1DE #9CD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACD3

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACD3	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e0',
    500: '#38acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acd3;
$custom-light: #84c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.097,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69703,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACD3

secondary

#D5A392

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACD3

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

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