#38ACDA#38ACDA

#38ACDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACDA
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -16.98, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 36.62, 242.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.079 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.121 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0332, 35.4043, 71.6196)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACDA #DA6638

analogous

#38DAB7 #38ACDA #385BDA

triadic

#38ACDA #DA38AC #ACDA38

tetradic

#38ACDA #B738DA #DA6638 #5BDA38

square

#38ACDA #B738DA #DA6638 #5BDA38

split-complementary

#38ACDA #DA385B #DAB738

monochromatic

#186280 #218AB3 #38ACDA #6CC2E4 #9FD7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38ACDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38ACDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACDA

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACDA	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 229.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.037,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70017,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACDA

secondary

#DAA894

accent

#6E3CEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACDA

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

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