#38B4D3#38B4D3

#38B4D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4D3
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 211)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -23.42, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 34.53, 227.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0892 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.114 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7051, 38.1829, 67.4199)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4D3 #D35738

analogous

#38D3A5 #38B4D3 #3867D3

triadic

#38B4D3 #D338B4 #B4D338

tetradic

#38B4D3 #A538D3 #D35738 #67D338

square

#38B4D3 #A538D3 #D35738 #67D338

split-complementary

#38B4D3 #D33867 #D3A538

monochromatic

#1A6476 #258EA9 #38B4D3 #6AC7DE #9CDAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38B4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4D3

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4D3	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cae0',
    500: '#38b4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4d3;
$custom-light: #84cae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4D3

secondary

#D59F92

accent

#6241E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4D3

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

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