#38AFDA#38AFDA

#38AFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFDA
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -18.57, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 36.21, 239.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0818 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.12 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6106, 36.5591, 71.8121)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFDA #DA6338

analogous

#38DAB4 #38AFDA #385EDA

triadic

#38AFDA #DA38AF #AFDA38

tetradic

#38AFDA #B438DA #DA6338 #5EDA38

square

#38AFDA #B438DA #DA6338 #5EDA38

split-complementary

#38AFDA #DA385E #DAB438

monochromatic

#186480 #218DB3 #38AFDA #6CC4E4 #9FD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38AFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#38AFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFDA

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFDA	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 226.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.926,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFDA

secondary

#DAA794

accent

#6B3CEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFDA

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

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