#38ACD4#38ACD4

#38ACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACD4
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -18.96, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 35.07, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0811 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.116 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2622, 35.0959, 67.5593)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACD4 #D46038

analogous

#38D4AE #38ACD4 #385ED4

triadic

#38ACD4 #D438AC #ACD438

tetradic

#38ACD4 #AE38D4 #D46038 #5ED438

square

#38ACD4 #AE38D4 #D46038 #5ED438

split-complementary

#38ACD4 #D4385E #D4AE38

monochromatic

#1A6078 #2588AA #38ACD4 #6AC1DF #9DD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38ACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38ACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACD4

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACD4	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e1',
    500: '#38acd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acd4;
$custom-light: #84c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69747,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACD4

secondary

#D6A392

accent

#6B40E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACD4

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

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