#38AFD0#38AFD0

#38AFD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFD0
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 208)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -21.82, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 34.07, 230.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0855 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.113 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3413, 36.0514, 65.1272)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFD0 #D05938

analogous

#38D0A5 #38AFD0 #3863D0

triadic

#38AFD0 #D038AF #AFD038

tetradic

#38AFD0 #A538D0 #D05938 #63D038

square

#38AFD0 #A538D0 #D05938 #63D038

split-complementary

#38AFD0 #D03863 #D0A538

monochromatic

#1B6073 #2789A4 #38AFD0 #6AC3DC #9BD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38AFD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#38AFD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFD0

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFD0	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7de',
    500: '#38afd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afd0;
$custom-light: #84c7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.026,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFD0

secondary

#D39F91

accent

#6643E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFD0

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

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