#38ADD9#38ADD9

#38ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADD9
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -17.84, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 36.21, 240.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0803 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.119 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0937, 35.7342, 70.9962)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADD9 #D96438

analogous

#38D9B5 #38ADD9 #385CD9

triadic

#38ADD9 #D938AD #ADD938

tetradic

#38ADD9 #B538D9 #D96438 #5CD938

square

#38ADD9 #B538D9 #D96438 #5CD938

split-complementary

#38ADD9 #D9385C #D9B538

monochromatic

#18627E #228BB2 #38ADD9 #6BC2E3 #9FD7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#38ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADD9

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADD9	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5e5',
    500: '#38add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38add9;
$custom-light: #85c5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.398,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70207,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADD9

secondary

#D9A794

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADD9

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

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