#38ADD4#38ADD4

#38ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADD4
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -19.48, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 34.98, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0821 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.116 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4532, 35.4780, 67.6229)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADD4 #D45F38

analogous

#38D4AD #38ADD4 #385FD4

triadic

#38ADD4 #D438AD #ADD438

tetradic

#38ADD4 #AD38D4 #D45F38 #5FD438

square

#38ADD4 #AD38D4 #D45F38 #5FD438

split-complementary

#38ADD4 #D4385F #D4AD38

monochromatic

#1A6078 #2589AA #38ADD4 #6AC2DF #9DD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADD4

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADD4	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5e1',
    500: '#38add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38add4;
$custom-light: #84c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69984,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADD4

secondary

#D6A392

accent

#6A40E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADD4

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

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