#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
RGBrgb(56, 177, 211)
HSLhsl(193, 64%, 52%)
HSVhsv(193, 73%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(73.5%, 16.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.27, -21.89, -26.74)
CIE-LCHlch(67.27, 34.55, 230.70°)
OKLaboklab(70.89% -0.0863 -0.0747)
OKLCHoklch(70.89% 0.114 220.9)
XYZxyz(29.1060, 36.9847, 67.2202)
Luminance0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##38B1D31.002.508.408.40
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4021.001.001.00
##0000008.4021.001.001.00

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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#38B1D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva