#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
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -21.69, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 35.70, 232.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0875 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.118 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8044, 38.9468, 72.2100)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38B5DA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B5DA

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

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