#38ADD5#38ADD5

#38ADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADD5
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -19.16, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 35.21, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0817 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.116 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5798, 35.5286, 68.2893)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADD5 #D56038

analogous

#38D5AF #38ADD5 #385ED5

triadic

#38ADD5 #D538AD #ADD538

tetradic

#38ADD5 #AF38D5 #D56038 #5ED538

square

#38ADD5 #AF38D5 #D56038 #5ED538

split-complementary

#38ADD5 #D5385E #D5AF38

monochromatic

#1A6179 #2489AC #38ADD5 #6BC2E0 #9DD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38ADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#38ADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADD5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADD5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38add5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5e2',
    500: '#38add5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38add5;
$custom-light: #84c5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38add5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.287,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADD5

secondary

#D6A492

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADD5

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

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