#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
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -21.37, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 34.59, 231.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0854 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.114 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9092, 36.5912, 67.1546)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38B0D3	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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