#38B2DA#38B2DA

#38B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2DA
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -20.14, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 35.90, 235.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0847 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.119 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2009, 37.7399, 72.0089)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2DA #DA6038

analogous

#38DAB1 #38B2DA #3861DA

triadic

#38B2DA #DA38B2 #B2DA38

tetradic

#38B2DA #B138DA #DA6038 #61DA38

square

#38B2DA #B138DA #DA6038 #61DA38

split-complementary

#38B2DA #DA3861 #DAB138

monochromatic

#186680 #218FB3 #38B2DA #6CC6E4 #9FDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#38B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2DA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2DA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c9e5',
    500: '#38b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2da;
$custom-light: #85c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.815,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71431,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2DA

secondary

#DAA594

accent

#683CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2DA

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

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