#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
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 15%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -23.30, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 34.84, 228.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0894 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.115 219)
XYZ	xyz(30.1600, 38.6890, 68.8161)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38B5D5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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