#38AED4#38AED4

#38AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AED4
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -20.01, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 34.90, 235.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0831 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.115 224)
XYZ	xyz(28.6457, 35.8629, 67.6871)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AED4 #D45E38

analogous

#38D4AC #38AED4 #3860D4

triadic

#38AED4 #D438AE #AED438

tetradic

#38AED4 #AC38D4 #D45E38 #60D438

square

#38AED4 #AC38D4 #D45E38 #60D438

split-complementary

#38AED4 #D43860 #D4AC38

monochromatic

#1A6178 #258AAA #38AED4 #6AC2DF #9DD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AED4

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AED4	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6e1',
    500: '#38aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aed4;
$custom-light: #84c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.615,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.35866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AED4

secondary

#D6A392

accent

#6940E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AED4

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

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