#38B4D7#38B4D7

#38B4D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B4D7
RGBrgb(56, 180, 215)
HSLhsl(193, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(193, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 16.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.30, -22.14, -27.34)
CIE-LCHlch(68.30, 35.18, 230.99°)
OKLaboklab(71.77% -0.0877 -0.0765)
OKLCHoklch(71.77% 0.116 221.1)
XYZxyz(30.2128, 38.3860, 70.0937)
Luminance0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B4D7 #D75B38
analogous
#38D7AB #38B4D7 #3864D7
triadic
#38B4D7 #D738B4 #B4D738
tetradic
#38B4D7 #AB38D7 #D75B38 #64D738
square
#38B4D7 #AB38D7 #D75B38 #64D738
split-complementary
#38B4D7 #D73864 #D7AB38
monochromatic
#19667C #2390AF #38B4D7 #6BC7E1 #9EDAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#38B4D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#38B4D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4D7
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B4D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B4D71.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FAFD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA0D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 221.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae3',
    500: '#38b4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b4d7;
$custom-light: #85cae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.208,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71774,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B4D7
secondary
#D8A293
accent
#643EE9
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4D7

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#38B4D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva