#38B3D9#38B3D9

#38B3D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3D9
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -20.98, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 35.61, 233.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.086 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.118 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2702, 38.0871, 71.3884)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3D9 #D95E38

analogous

#38D9AE #38B3D9 #3863D9

triadic

#38B3D9 #D938B3 #B3D938

tetradic

#38B3D9 #AE38D9 #D95E38 #63D938

square

#38B3D9 #AE38D9 #D95E38 #63D938

split-complementary

#38B3D9 #D93863 #D9AE38

monochromatic

#18667E #2290B2 #38B3D9 #6BC7E3 #9FDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#38B3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3D9

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3D9	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae4',
    500: '#38b3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3d9;
$custom-light: #85cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.161,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71624,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3D9

secondary

#D9A494

accent

#663DEB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3D9

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

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