#38AFD5#38AFD5

#38AFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFD5
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -20.20, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 35.04, 234.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0836 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.116 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9661, 36.3014, 68.4181)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFD5 #D55E38

analogous

#38D5AC #38AFD5 #3861D5

triadic

#38AFD5 #D538AF #AFD538

tetradic

#38AFD5 #AC38D5 #D55E38 #61D538

square

#38AFD5 #AC38D5 #D55E38 #61D538

split-complementary

#38AFD5 #D53861 #D5AC38

monochromatic

#1A6279 #248BAC #38AFD5 #6BC3E0 #9DD8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38AFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#38AFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFD5

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFD5	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e2',
    500: '#38afd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afd5;
$custom-light: #84c7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70502,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFD5

secondary

#D6A392

accent

#6840E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFD5

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

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