#38AFD7#38AFD7

#38AFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFD7
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 215)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 18.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -19.55, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 35.49, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0829 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.117 225)
XYZ	xyz(29.2216, 36.4035, 69.7633)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFD7 #D76038

analogous

#38D7AF #38AFD7 #3860D7

triadic

#38AFD7 #D738AF #AFD738

tetradic

#38AFD7 #AF38D7 #D76038 #60D738

square

#38AFD7 #AF38D7 #D76038 #60D738

split-complementary

#38AFD7 #D73860 #D7AF38

monochromatic

#19637C #238CAF #38AFD7 #6BC3E1 #9ED8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38AFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38AFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFD7

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFD7	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e3',
    500: '#38afd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afd7;
$custom-light: #85c7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.36407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFD7

secondary

#D8A493

accent

#693EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFD7

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

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