#38B3DA#38B3DA

#38B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B3DA
RGBrgb(56, 179, 218)
HSLhsl(194, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(194, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.12, -20.66, -29.26)
CIE-LCHlch(68.12, 35.82, 234.78°)
OKLaboklab(71.67% -0.0856 -0.082)
OKLCHoklch(71.67% 0.119 223.7)
XYZxyz(30.4006, 38.1393, 72.0755)
Luminance0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B3DA #DA5F38
analogous
#38DAB0 #38B3DA #3862DA
triadic
#38B3DA #DA38B3 #B3DA38
tetradic
#38B3DA #B038DA #DA5F38 #62DA38
square
#38B3DA #B038DA #DA5F38 #62DA38
split-complementary
#38B3DA #DA3862 #DAB038
monochromatic
#186780 #2190B3 #38B3DA #6CC7E4 #9FDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#38B3DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63
#38B3DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3DA
8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B3DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B3DA1.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DAFDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#879FDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 223.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae5',
    500: '#38b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b3da;
$custom-light: #85cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71667,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B3DA
secondary
#DAA594
accent
#663CEB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3DA

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#38B3DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva