#38AFD4#38AFD4

#38AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFD4
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -20.53, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 34.83, 233.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.084 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.115 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8396, 36.2508, 67.7517)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFD4 #D45D38

analogous

#38D4AB #38AFD4 #3861D4

triadic

#38AFD4 #D438AF #AFD438

tetradic

#38AFD4 #AB38D4 #D45D38 #61D438

square

#38AFD4 #AB38D4 #D45D38 #61D438

split-complementary

#38AFD4 #D43861 #D4AB38

monochromatic

#1A6178 #258AAA #38AFD4 #6AC3DF #9DD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#38AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFD4

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFD4	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e1',
    500: '#38afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afd4;
$custom-light: #84c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.231,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70459,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFD4

secondary

#D6A292

accent

#6840E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFD4

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

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