#38B5D7#38B5D7

#38B5D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5D7
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 15.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -22.66, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 35.16, 229.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0887 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.116 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4154, 38.7912, 70.1612)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5D7 #D75A38

analogous

#38D7A9 #38B5D7 #3865D7

triadic

#38B5D7 #D738B5 #B5D738

tetradic

#38B5D7 #A938D7 #D75A38 #65D738

square

#38B5D7 #A938D7 #D75A38 #65D738

split-complementary

#38B5D7 #D73865 #D7A938

monochromatic

#19677C #2391AF #38B5D7 #6BC8E1 #9EDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38B5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5D7

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5D7	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbe3',
    500: '#38b5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5d7;
$custom-light: #85cbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.83,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5D7

secondary

#D8A293

accent

#633EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5D7

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

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