#38B0D9#38B0D9

#38B0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B0D9
RGBrgb(56, 176, 217)
HSLhsl(195, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(195, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.20, -19.42, -30.14)
CIE-LCHlch(67.20, 35.85, 237.20°)
OKLaboklab(70.91% -0.0831 -0.0845)
OKLCHoklch(70.91% 0.119 225.5)
XYZxyz(29.6755, 36.8977, 71.1901)
Luminance0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B0D9 #D96138
analogous
#38D9B2 #38B0D9 #385FD9
triadic
#38B0D9 #D938B0 #B0D938
tetradic
#38B0D9 #B238D9 #D96138 #5FD938
square
#38B0D9 #B238D9 #D96138 #5FD938
split-complementary
#38B0D9 #D9385F #D9B238
monochromatic
#18647E #228DB2 #38B0D9 #6BC4E3 #9FD9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#38B0D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38
#38B0D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0D9
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B0D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B0D91.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AACDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#849DD9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 225.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e5',
    500: '#38b0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b0d9;
$custom-light: #85c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.28,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70915,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B0D9
secondary
#D9A594
accent
#693DEB
background
#F8FCFE
surface
#F0F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0D9

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#38B0D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva