#38B1D3#38B1D3

#38B1D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1D3
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 211)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 16.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -21.89, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 34.55, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0863 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.114 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1060, 36.9847, 67.2202)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1D3 #D35A38

analogous

#38D3A7 #38B1D3 #3864D3

triadic

#38B1D3 #D338B1 #B1D338

tetradic

#38B1D3 #A738D3 #D35A38 #64D338

square

#38B1D3 #A738D3 #D35A38 #64D338

split-complementary

#38B1D3 #D33864 #D3A738

monochromatic

#1A6276 #258CA9 #38B1D3 #6AC5DE #9CD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B1D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B1D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1D3

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1D3	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DACD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8e0',
    500: '#38b1d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1d3;
$custom-light: #84c8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.161,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70891,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1D3

secondary

#D5A092

accent

#6541E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1D3

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

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