#38ADD1#38ADD1

#38ADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADD1
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 209)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -20.46, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 34.34, 233.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0832 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.113 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0783, 35.3280, 65.6484)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADD1 #D15C38

analogous

#38D1A9 #38ADD1 #3860D1

triadic

#38ADD1 #D138AD #ADD138

tetradic

#38ADD1 #A938D1 #D15C38 #60D138

square

#38ADD1 #A938D1 #D15C38 #60D138

split-complementary

#38ADD1 #D13860 #D1A938

monochromatic

#1B5F74 #2688A6 #38ADD1 #6AC1DC #9BD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38ADD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#38ADD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADD1

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADD1	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)

#98A9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38add1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5df',
    500: '#38add1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38add1;
$custom-light: #84c5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38add1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69853,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADD1

secondary

#D4A191

accent

#6942E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADD1

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

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