#38AED7#38AED7

#38AED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AED7
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 215)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 19.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -19.03, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 35.58, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0819 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.118 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0276, 36.0157, 69.6987)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AED7 #D76138

analogous

#38D7B1 #38AED7 #385ED7

triadic

#38AED7 #D738AE #AED738

tetradic

#38AED7 #B138D7 #D76138 #5ED738

square

#38AED7 #B138D7 #D76138 #5ED738

split-complementary

#38AED7 #D7385E #D7B138

monochromatic

#19627C #238BAF #38AED7 #6BC3E1 #9ED7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38AED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#38AED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AED7

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AED7	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6e3',
    500: '#38aed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aed7;
$custom-light: #84c6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.472,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AED7

secondary

#D8A593

accent

#6A3EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AED7

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

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