#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
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 16.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -22.14, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 35.18, 230.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0877 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.116 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2128, 38.3860, 70.0937)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38B4D7	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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