#38AEDA#38AEDA

#38AEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEDA
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -18.04, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 36.33, 240.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0808 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.12 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4167, 36.1713, 71.7475)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEDA #DA6438

analogous

#38DAB5 #38AEDA #385DDA

triadic

#38AEDA #DA38AE #AEDA38

tetradic

#38AEDA #B538DA #DA6438 #5DDA38

square

#38AEDA #B538DA #DA6438 #5DDA38

split-complementary

#38AEDA #DA385D #DAB538

monochromatic

#186480 #218CB3 #38AEDA #6CC3E4 #9FD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEDA

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEDA	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 227.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70488,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEDA

secondary

#DAA794

accent

#6C3CEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEDA

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

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