#38B4DA#38B4DA

#38B4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4DA
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -21.18, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 35.76, 233.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0866 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.118 223)
XYZ	xyz(30.6018, 38.5416, 72.1425)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4DA #DA5E38

analogous

#38DAAF #38B4DA #3863DA

triadic

#38B4DA #DA38B4 #B4DA38

tetradic

#38B4DA #AF38DA #DA5E38 #63DA38

square

#38B4DA #AF38DA #DA5E38 #63DA38

split-complementary

#38B4DA #DA3863 #DAAF38

monochromatic

#186780 #2191B3 #38B4DA #6CC7E4 #9FDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#38B4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4DA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4DA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cae5',
    500: '#38b4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4da;
$custom-light: #85cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.074,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71903,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.38545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4DA

secondary

#DAA594

accent

#653CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4DA

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

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