#38AFD3#38AFD3

#38AFD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.114 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFD3
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -20.85, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 34.63, 232.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0844 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.114 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7139, 36.2005, 67.0895)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFD3 #D35C38

analogous

#38D3A9 #38AFD3 #3862D3

triadic

#38AFD3 #D338AF #AFD338

tetradic

#38AFD3 #A938D3 #D35C38 #62D338

square

#38AFD3 #A938D3 #D35C38 #62D338

split-complementary

#38AFD3 #D33862 #D3A938

monochromatic

#1A6176 #258AA9 #38AFD3 #6AC3DE #9CD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38AFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38AFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFD3

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFD3	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)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.114 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e0',
    500: '#38afd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afd3;
$custom-light: #84c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70415,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFD3

secondary

#D5A192

accent

#6841E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFD3

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

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