#38AED3#38AED3

#38AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AED3
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -20.33, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 34.69, 234.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0834 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.115 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5200, 35.8126, 67.0248)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AED3 #D35D38

analogous

#38D3AB #38AED3 #3860D3

triadic

#38AED3 #D338AE #AED338

tetradic

#38AED3 #AB38D3 #D35D38 #60D338

square

#38AED3 #AB38D3 #D35D38 #60D338

split-complementary

#38AED3 #D33860 #D3AB38

monochromatic

#1A6076 #2589A9 #38AED3 #6AC2DE #9CD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AED3

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AED3	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)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6e0',
    500: '#38aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aed3;
$custom-light: #84c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AED3

secondary

#D5A292

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AED3

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

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