#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
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -19.62, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 35.99, 236.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0837 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.119 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0027, 37.3434, 71.9428)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##38B1DA	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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