#38ADDA#38ADDA

#38ADDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADDA
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -17.51, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 36.47, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0799 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.12 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2242, 35.7864, 71.6833)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADDA #DA6538

analogous

#38DAB6 #38ADDA #385CDA

triadic

#38ADDA #DA38AD #ADDA38

tetradic

#38ADDA #B638DA #DA6538 #5CDA38

square

#38ADDA #B638DA #DA6538 #5CDA38

split-complementary

#38ADDA #DA385C #DAB638

monochromatic

#186380 #218BB3 #38ADDA #6CC2E4 #9FD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38ADDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38ADDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADDA

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADDA	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 228.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70252,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADDA

secondary

#DAA894

accent

#6D3CEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADDA

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

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