#38B0D3#38B0D3

#38B0D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.114 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B0D3
RGBrgb(56, 176, 211)
HSLhsl(194, 64%, 52%)
HSVhsv(194, 73%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(73.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.97, -21.37, -27.19)
CIE-LCHlch(66.97, 34.59, 231.84°)
OKLaboklab(70.65% -0.0854 -0.0761)
OKLCHoklch(70.65% 0.114 221.7)
XYZxyz(28.9092, 36.5912, 67.1546)
Luminance0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B0D3 #D35B38
analogous
#38D3A8 #38B0D3 #3863D3
triadic
#38B0D3 #D338B0 #B0D338
tetradic
#38B0D3 #A838D3 #D35B38 #63D338
square
#38B0D3 #A838D3 #D35B38 #63D338
split-complementary
#38B0D3 #D33863 #D3A838
monochromatic
#1A6276 #258BA9 #38B0D3 #6AC4DE #9CD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#38B0D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32
#38B0D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0D3
8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B0D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B0D31.002.528.328.32
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3221.001.001.00
##0000008.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BACD5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#869CD3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.114 221.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7e0',
    500: '#38b0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b0d3;
$custom-light: #84c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70653,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B0D3
secondary
#D5A192
accent
#6641E7
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0D3

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#38B0D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva