#38A4DB#38A4DB

#38A4DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.125 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A4DB
RGB	rgb(56, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -12.33, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 38.61, 251.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.071 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.125 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6874, 32.5029, 71.8186)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A4DB #DB6F38

analogous

#38DBC0 #38A4DB #3853DB

triadic

#38A4DB #DB38A4 #A4DB38

tetradic

#38A4DB #C038DB #DB6F38 #53DB38

square

#38A4DB #C038DB #DB6F38 #53DB38

split-complementary

#38A4DB #DB3853 #DBC038

monochromatic

#175E81 #2183B5 #38A4DB #6CBCE4 #A0D3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38A4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#38A4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A4DB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A4DB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.125 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bee6',
    500: '#38a4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a4db;
$custom-light: #84bee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.245,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68192,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A4DB

secondary

#DAAC95

accent

#773CEC

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A4DB

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

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