#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
RGBrgb(56, 179, 213)
HSLhsl(193, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(193, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 16%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.93, -22.27, -26.81)
CIE-LCHlch(67.93, 34.86, 230.28°)
OKLaboklab(71.45% -0.0875 -0.075)
OKLCHoklch(71.45% 0.115 220.6)
XYZxyz(29.7562, 37.8815, 68.6815)
Luminance0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##38B3D51.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#38B3D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva