#38B2D5#38B2D5

#38B2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2D5
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -21.76, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 34.88, 231.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0865 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.115 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5565, 37.4821, 68.6149)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2D5 #D55B38

analogous

#38D5AA #38B2D5 #3863D5

triadic

#38B2D5 #D538B2 #B2D538

tetradic

#38B2D5 #AA38D5 #D55B38 #63D538

square

#38B2D5 #AA38D5 #D55B38 #63D538

split-complementary

#38B2D5 #D53863 #D5AA38

monochromatic

#1A6479 #248DAC #38B2D5 #6BC6E0 #9DD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#38B2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2D5

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2D5	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9e2',
    500: '#38b2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2d5;
$custom-light: #84c9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.376,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71214,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2D5

secondary

#D6A292

accent

#6540E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2D5

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

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