#38B4D9#38B4D9

#38B4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4D9
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -21.50, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 35.56, 232.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0869 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.118 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4713, 38.4894, 71.4554)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4D9 #D95D38

analogous

#38D9AD #38B4D9 #3863D9

triadic

#38B4D9 #D938B4 #B4D938

tetradic

#38B4D9 #AD38D9 #D95D38 #63D938

square

#38B4D9 #AD38D9 #D95D38 #63D938

split-complementary

#38B4D9 #D93863 #D9AD38

monochromatic

#18677E #2291B2 #38B4D9 #6BC7E3 #9FDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#38B4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4D9

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4D9	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae4',
    500: '#38b4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4d9;
$custom-light: #85cae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.789,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4D9

secondary

#D9A494

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4D9

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

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