#38ADD3#38ADD3

#38ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADD3
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -19.81, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 34.76, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0825 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.115 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3275, 35.4277, 66.9607)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADD3 #D35E38

analogous

#38D3AC #38ADD3 #385FD3

triadic

#38ADD3 #D338AD #ADD338

tetradic

#38ADD3 #AC38D3 #D35E38 #5FD338

square

#38ADD3 #AC38D3 #D35E38 #5FD338

split-complementary

#38ADD3 #D3385F #D3AC38

monochromatic

#1A6076 #2588A9 #38ADD3 #6AC2DE #9CD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADD3

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADD3	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5e0',
    500: '#38add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38add3;
$custom-light: #84c5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6994,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADD3

secondary

#D5A292

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADD3

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

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