#38B3D3#38B3D3

#38B3D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3D3
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 211)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -22.91, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 34.53, 228.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0883 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.114 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5039, 37.7806, 67.3528)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3D3 #D35838

analogous

#38D3A5 #38B3D3 #3866D3

triadic

#38B3D3 #D338B3 #B3D338

tetradic

#38B3D3 #A538D3 #D35838 #66D338

square

#38B3D3 #A538D3 #D35838 #66D338

split-complementary

#38B3D3 #D33866 #D3A538

monochromatic

#1A6376 #258DA9 #38B3D3 #6AC6DE #9CD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#38B3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3D3

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3D3	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cae0',
    500: '#38b3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3d3;
$custom-light: #84cae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.387,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71367,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3D3

secondary

#D5A092

accent

#6341E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3D3

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

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