#38B5D3#38B5D3

#38B5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5D3
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 211)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -23.93, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 34.55, 226.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0902 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.114 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9077, 38.5881, 67.4874)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5D3 #D35638

analogous

#38D3A4 #38B5D3 #3867D3

triadic

#38B5D3 #D338B5 #B5D338

tetradic

#38B5D3 #A438D3 #D35638 #67D338

square

#38B5D3 #A438D3 #D35638 #67D338

split-complementary

#38B5D3 #D33867 #D3A438

monochromatic

#1A6576 #258FA9 #38B5D3 #6AC8DE #9CDAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38B5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5D3

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5D3	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbe0',
    500: '#38b5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5d3;
$custom-light: #84cbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5D3

secondary

#D59F92

accent

#6141E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5D3

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

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