#38B1DA#38B1DA

#38B1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B1DA
RGBrgb(56, 177, 218)
HSLhsl(195, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(195, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.53, -19.62, -30.17)
CIE-LCHlch(67.53, 35.99, 236.97°)
OKLaboklab(71.19% -0.0837 -0.0846)
OKLCHoklch(71.19% 0.119 225.3)
XYZxyz(30.0027, 37.3434, 71.9428)
Luminance0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B1DA #DA6138
analogous
#38DAB2 #38B1DA #3860DA
triadic
#38B1DA #DA38B1 #B1DA38
tetradic
#38B1DA #B238DA #DA6138 #60DA38
square
#38B1DA #B238DA #DA6138 #60DA38
split-complementary
#38B1DA #DA3860 #DAB238
monochromatic
#186580 #218EB3 #38B1DA #6CC5E4 #9FD9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48
#38B1DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47
#38B1DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1DA
8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B1DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B1DA1.002.488.478.47
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4721.001.001.00
##0000008.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AADDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#859EDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 225.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c8e5',
    500: '#38b1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b1da;
$custom-light: #85c8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.185,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71195,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B1DA
secondary
#DAA694
accent
#693CEB
background
#F8FCFE
surface
#F0F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1DA

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#38B1DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva