#38B0DA#38B0DA

#38B0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0DA
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -19.09, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 36.09, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0828 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.119 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8059, 36.9498, 71.8772)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0DA #DA6238

analogous

#38DAB3 #38B0DA #385FDA

triadic

#38B0DA #DA38B0 #B0DA38

tetradic

#38B0DA #B338DA #DA6238 #5FDA38

square

#38B0DA #B338DA #DA6238 #5FDA38

split-complementary

#38B0DA #DA385F #DAB338

monochromatic

#186580 #218EB3 #38B0DA #6CC4E4 #9FD9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#38B0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0DA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0DA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7e5',
    500: '#38b0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0da;
$custom-light: #85c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70959,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0DA

secondary

#DAA694

accent

#6A3CEB

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0DA

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

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