#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
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 215)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 15.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -23.17, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 35.15, 228.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0896 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.116 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6194, 39.1993, 70.2293)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38B6D7	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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