#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
RGBrgb(56, 164, 219)
HSLhsl(200, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(200, 74%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(74.4%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.76, -12.33, -36.59)
CIE-LCHlch(63.76, 38.61, 251.38°)
OKLaboklab(68.19% -0.071 -0.1031)
OKLCHoklch(68.19% 0.125 235.4)
XYZxyz(27.6874, 32.5029, 71.8186)
Luminance0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38A4DB1.002.807.507.50
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5021.001.001.00
##0000007.5021.001.001.00

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

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#38A4DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva