#38B2D9#38B2D9

#38B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2D9
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -20.46, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 35.68, 235.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.085 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.118 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0705, 37.6877, 71.3218)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2D9 #D95F38

analogous

#38D9AF #38B2D9 #3861D9

triadic

#38B2D9 #D938B2 #B2D938

tetradic

#38B2D9 #AF38D9 #D95F38 #61D938

square

#38B2D9 #AF38D9 #D95F38 #61D938

split-complementary

#38B2D9 #D93861 #D9AF38

monochromatic

#18667E #228FB2 #38B2D9 #6BC6E3 #9FDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#38B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2D9

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2D9	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9e5',
    500: '#38b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2d9;
$custom-light: #85c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.534,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71387,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2D9

secondary

#D9A594

accent

#673DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2D9

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

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