#38ADCD#38ADCD

#38ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.111 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADCD
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -21.75, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 33.59, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0847 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.111 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5893, 35.1324, 63.0730)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADCD #CD5838

analogous

#38CDA2 #38ADCD #3862CD

triadic

#38ADCD #CD38AD #ADCD38

tetradic

#38ADCD #A238CD #CD5838 #62CD38

square

#38ADCD #A238CD #CD5838 #62CD38

split-complementary

#38ADCD #CD3862 #CDA238

monochromatic

#1C5D6F #2886A0 #38ADCD #69C1D9 #9AD5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#38ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADCD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADCD	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)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.111 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5dc',
    500: '#38adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adcd;
$custom-light: #83c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69681,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADCD

secondary

#D19E8F

accent

#6745E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADCD

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

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