#38AED9#38AED9

#38AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AED9
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -18.37, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 36.08, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0812 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.119 227)
XYZ	xyz(29.2862, 36.1191, 71.0604)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AED9 #D96338

analogous

#38D9B3 #38AED9 #385DD9

triadic

#38AED9 #D938AE #AED938

tetradic

#38AED9 #B338D9 #D96338 #5DD938

square

#38AED9 #B338D9 #D96338 #5DD938

split-complementary

#38AED9 #D9385D #D9B338

monochromatic

#18637E #228BB2 #38AED9 #6BC3E3 #9FD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#38AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AED9

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AED9	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6e5',
    500: '#38aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aed9;
$custom-light: #85c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.025,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.36123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AED9

secondary

#D9A694

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AED9

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

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