#38B4D5#38B4D5

#38B4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4D5
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -22.79, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 34.84, 229.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0885 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.115 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9574, 38.2838, 68.7485)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4D5 #D55938

analogous

#38D5A7 #38B4D5 #3866D5

triadic

#38B4D5 #D538B4 #B4D538

tetradic

#38B4D5 #A738D5 #D55938 #66D538

square

#38B4D5 #A738D5 #D55938 #66D538

split-complementary

#38B4D5 #D53866 #D5A738

monochromatic

#1A6579 #248FAC #38B4D5 #6BC7E0 #9DDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#38B4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4D5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4D5	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae2',
    500: '#38b4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4d5;
$custom-light: #85cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.611,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7169,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4D5

secondary

#D6A192

accent

#6340E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4D5

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

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