#38B6DA#38B6DA

#38B6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6DA
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -22.21, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 35.66, 231.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0885 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.118 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0084, 39.3549, 72.2781)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6DA #DA5C38

analogous

#38DAAD #38B6DA #3865DA

triadic

#38B6DA #DA38B6 #B6DA38

tetradic

#38B6DA #AD38DA #DA5C38 #65DA38

square

#38B6DA #AD38DA #DA5C38 #65DA38

split-complementary

#38B6DA #DA3865 #DAAD38

monochromatic

#186980 #2193B3 #38B6DA #6CC9E4 #9FDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#38B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6DA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6DA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce5',
    500: '#38b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6da;
$custom-light: #85cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6DA

secondary

#DAA494

accent

#633CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6DA

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

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