#38B3D5#38B3D5

#38B3D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3D5
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 16%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -22.27, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 34.86, 230.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0875 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.115 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7562, 37.8815, 68.6815)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3D5 #D55A38

analogous

#38D5A9 #38B3D5 #3864D5

triadic

#38B3D5 #D538B3 #B3D538

tetradic

#38B3D5 #A938D5 #D55A38 #64D538

square

#38B3D5 #A938D5 #D55A38 #64D538

split-complementary

#38B3D5 #D53864 #D5A938

monochromatic

#1A6479 #248EAC #38B3D5 #6BC6E0 #9DDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B3D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#38B3D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3D5

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3D5	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae2',
    500: '#38b3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3d5;
$custom-light: #85cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.994,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3D5

secondary

#D6A192

accent

#6440E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3D5

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

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