#38B6D3#38B6D3

#38B6D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6D3
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -24.44, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 34.58, 225.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0912 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.114 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1117, 38.9962, 67.5554)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6D3 #D35538

analogous

#38D3A3 #38B6D3 #3868D3

triadic

#38B6D3 #D338B6 #B6D338

tetradic

#38B6D3 #A338D3 #D35538 #68D338

square

#38B6D3 #A338D3 #D35538 #68D338

split-complementary

#38B6D3 #D33868 #D3A338

monochromatic

#1A6576 #2590A9 #38B6D3 #6AC8DE #9CDBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38B6D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#38B6D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6D3

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6D3	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce0',
    500: '#38b6d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6d3;
$custom-light: #85cce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.226,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72083,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6D3

secondary

#D59E92

accent

#6041E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6D3

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

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