#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
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -20.66, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 35.82, 234.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0856 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.119 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4006, 38.1393, 72.0755)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38B3DA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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