#38B6D7#38B6D7

#38B6D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B6D7
RGBrgb(56, 182, 215)
HSLhsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 15.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.90, -23.17, -26.43)
CIE-LCHlch(68.90, 35.15, 228.76°)
OKLaboklab(72.25% -0.0896 -0.0739)
OKLCHoklch(72.25% 0.116 219.5)
XYZxyz(30.6194, 39.1993, 70.2293)
Luminance0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B6D7 #D75938
analogous
#38D7A8 #38B6D7 #3866D7
triadic
#38B6D7 #D738B6 #B6D738
tetradic
#38B6D7 #A838D7 #D75938 #66D738
square
#38B6D7 #A838D7 #D75938 #66D738
split-complementary
#38B6D7 #D73866 #D7A838
monochromatic
#19677C #2392AF #38B6D7 #6BC9E1 #9EDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#38B6D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#38B6D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6D7
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B6D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B6D71.002.388.848.84
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2B1D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA1D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b6d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 219.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce3',
    500: '#38b6d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b6d7;
$custom-light: #85cce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b6d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72249,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B6D7
secondary
#D8A193
accent
#623EE9
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6D7

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#38B6D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva