#38B5DA#38B5DA

#38B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B5DA
RGBrgb(56, 181, 218)
HSLhsl(194, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(194, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.71, -21.69, -28.36)
CIE-LCHlch(68.71, 35.70, 232.58°)
OKLaboklab(72.14% -0.0875 -0.0794)
OKLCHoklch(72.14% 0.118 222.2)
XYZxyz(30.8044, 38.9468, 72.2100)
Luminance0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B5DA #DA5D38
analogous
#38DAAE #38B5DA #3864DA
triadic
#38B5DA #DA38B5 #B5DA38
tetradic
#38B5DA #AE38DA #DA5D38 #64DA38
square
#38B5DA #AE38DA #DA5D38 #64DA38
split-complementary
#38B5DA #DA3864 #DAAE38
monochromatic
#186880 #2192B3 #38B5DA #6CC8E4 #9FDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#38B5DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79
#38B5DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5DA
8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B5DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B5DA1.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB1DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA1DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 222.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cbe5',
    500: '#38b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b5da;
$custom-light: #85cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.704,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B5DA
secondary
#DAA494
accent
#643CEB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#38B5DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva