#38ACD5#38ACD5

#38ACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACD5
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -18.63, -30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 35.31, 238.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0808 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.117 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3887, 35.1465, 68.2257)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACD5 #D56138

analogous

#38D5B0 #38ACD5 #385DD5

triadic

#38ACD5 #D538AC #ACD538

tetradic

#38ACD5 #B038D5 #D56138 #5DD538

square

#38ACD5 #B038D5 #D56138 #5DD538

split-complementary

#38ACD5 #D5385D #D5B038

monochromatic

#1A6079 #2488AC #38ACD5 #6BC1E0 #9DD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38ACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#38ACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACD5

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACD5	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4e2',
    500: '#38acd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acd5;
$custom-light: #84c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.669,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69792,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACD5

secondary

#D6A492

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACD5

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

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