#38ADD0#38ADD0

#38ADD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.113 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADD0
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -20.78, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 34.14, 232.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0836 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.113 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9549, 35.2787, 64.9984)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADD0 #D05B38

analogous

#38D0A7 #38ADD0 #3861D0

triadic

#38ADD0 #D038AD #ADD038

tetradic

#38ADD0 #A738D0 #D05B38 #61D038

square

#38ADD0 #A738D0 #D05B38 #61D038

split-complementary

#38ADD0 #D03861 #D0A738

monochromatic

#1B5E73 #2787A4 #38ADD0 #6AC1DC #9BD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38ADD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#38ADD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADD0

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADD0	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38add0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.113 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5de',
    500: '#38add0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38add0;
$custom-light: #83c5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38add0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.816,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6981,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADD0

secondary

#D3A091

accent

#6843E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADD0

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

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