#38AFD2#38AFD2

#38AFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.114 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFD2
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 210)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -21.18, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 34.44, 232.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0848 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.114 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5889, 36.1505, 66.4313)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFD2 #D25B38

analogous

#38D2A8 #38AFD2 #3862D2

triadic

#38AFD2 #D238AF #AFD238

tetradic

#38AFD2 #A838D2 #D25B38 #62D238

square

#38AFD2 #A838D2 #D25B38 #62D238

split-complementary

#38AFD2 #D23862 #D2A838

monochromatic

#1A6175 #268AA7 #38AFD2 #6AC3DD #9CD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38AFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#38AFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFD2

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFD2	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.114 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e0',
    500: '#38afd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afd2;
$custom-light: #84c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70372,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFD2

secondary

#D5A191

accent

#6742E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFD2

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

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