#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
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -19.42, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 35.85, 237.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0831 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.119 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6755, 36.8977, 71.1901)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##38B0D9	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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