#38B5D5#38B5D5

#38B5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B5D5
RGBrgb(56, 181, 213)
HSLhsl(192, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.53, -23.30, -25.90)
CIE-LCHlch(68.53, 34.84, 228.03°)
OKLaboklab(71.93% -0.0894 -0.0724)
OKLCHoklch(71.93% 0.115 219)
XYZxyz(30.1600, 38.6890, 68.8161)
Luminance0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B5D5 #D55838
analogous
#38D5A6 #38B5D5 #3867D5
triadic
#38B5D5 #D538B5 #B5D538
tetradic
#38B5D5 #A638D5 #D55838 #67D538
square
#38B5D5 #A638D5 #D55838 #67D538
split-complementary
#38B5D5 #D53867 #D5A638
monochromatic
#1A6679 #2490AC #38B5D5 #6BC8E0 #9DDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#38B5D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74
#38B5D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5D5
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B5D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B5D51.002.408.748.74
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7421.001.001.00
##0000008.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B0D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA0D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 219.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbe2',
    500: '#38b5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b5d5;
$custom-light: #85cbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.229,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.38693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B5D5
secondary
#D6A092
accent
#6240E8
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5D5

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#38B5D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva