#38AFD9#38AFD9

#38AFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFD9
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -18.90, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 35.96, 238.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0822 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.119 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4801, 36.5070, 71.1250)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFD9 #D96238

analogous

#38D9B2 #38AFD9 #385ED9

triadic

#38AFD9 #D938AF #AFD938

tetradic

#38AFD9 #B238D9 #D96238 #5ED938

square

#38AFD9 #B238D9 #D96238 #5ED938

split-complementary

#38AFD9 #D9385E #D9B238

monochromatic

#18647E #228CB2 #38AFD9 #6BC4E3 #9FD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38AFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#38AFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFD9

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFD9	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e5',
    500: '#38afd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afd9;
$custom-light: #85c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFD9

secondary

#D9A694

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFD9

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

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