#38ADD2#38ADD2

#38ADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADD2
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -20.14, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 34.54, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0828 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.114 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2025, 35.3777, 66.3025)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADD2 #D25D38

analogous

#38D2AA #38ADD2 #3860D2

triadic

#38ADD2 #D238AD #ADD238

tetradic

#38ADD2 #AA38D2 #D25D38 #60D238

square

#38ADD2 #AA38D2 #D25D38 #60D238

split-complementary

#38ADD2 #D23860 #D2AA38

monochromatic

#1A5F75 #2688A7 #38ADD2 #6AC2DD #9CD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38ADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38ADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADD2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADD2	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)

#98A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38add2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5e0',
    500: '#38add2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38add2;
$custom-light: #84c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38add2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69896,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADD2

secondary

#D5A191

accent

#6942E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADD2

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

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