#38AED0#38AED0

#38AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.113 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AED0
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -21.30, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 34.10, 231.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0846 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.113 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1474, 35.6636, 65.0626)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AED0 #D05A38

analogous

#38D0A6 #38AED0 #3862D0

triadic

#38AED0 #D038AE #AED038

tetradic

#38AED0 #A638D0 #D05A38 #62D038

square

#38AED0 #A638D0 #D05A38 #62D038

split-complementary

#38AED0 #D03862 #D0A638

monochromatic

#1B5F73 #2788A4 #38AED0 #6AC2DC #9BD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#38AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AED0

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AED0	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.113 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6de',
    500: '#38aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aed0;
$custom-light: #84c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AED0

secondary

#D39F91

accent

#6743E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AED0

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

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