#38AED5#38AED5

#38AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AED5
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -19.68, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 35.12, 235.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0827 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.116 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7722, 35.9136, 68.3535)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AED5 #D55F38

analogous

#38D5AD #38AED5 #3860D5

triadic

#38AED5 #D538AE #AED538

tetradic

#38AED5 #AD38D5 #D55F38 #60D538

square

#38AED5 #AD38D5 #D55F38 #60D538

split-complementary

#38AED5 #D53860 #D5AD38

monochromatic

#1A6179 #248AAC #38AED5 #6BC3E0 #9DD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AED5

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AED5	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6e2',
    500: '#38aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aed5;
$custom-light: #84c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.904,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70265,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AED5

secondary

#D6A392

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AED5

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

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