#38B6D5#38B6D5

#38B6D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6D5
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -23.81, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 34.85, 226.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0904 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.115 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3640, 39.0971, 68.8841)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6D5 #D55738

analogous

#38D5A5 #38B6D5 #3868D5

triadic

#38B6D5 #D538B6 #B6D538

tetradic

#38B6D5 #A538D5 #D55738 #68D538

square

#38B6D5 #A538D5 #D55738 #68D538

split-complementary

#38B6D5 #D53868 #D5A538

monochromatic

#1A6679 #2491AC #38B6D5 #6BC9E0 #9DDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38B6D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#38B6D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6D5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6D5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce2',
    500: '#38b6d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6d5;
$custom-light: #85cce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.847,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6D5

secondary

#D6A092

accent

#6140E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6D5

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

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