#38ACD9#38ACD9

#38ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.120 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACD9
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -17.31, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 36.35, 241.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0793 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.12 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9027, 35.3521, 70.9326)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACD9 #D96538

analogous

#38D9B5 #38ACD9 #385BD9

triadic

#38ACD9 #D938AC #ACD938

tetradic

#38ACD9 #B538D9 #D96538 #5BD938

square

#38ACD9 #B538D9 #D96538 #5BD938

split-complementary

#38ACD9 #D9385B #D9B538

monochromatic

#18627E #228AB2 #38ACD9 #6BC1E3 #9FD7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38ACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#38ACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACD9

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACD9	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.120 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4e5',
    500: '#38acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acd9;
$custom-light: #85c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.77,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69972,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACD9

secondary

#D9A794

accent

#6E3DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACD9

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

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