#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
RGBrgb(56, 182, 218)
HSLhsl(193, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(193, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.01, -22.21, -27.90)
CIE-LCHlch(69.01, 35.66, 231.48°)
OKLaboklab(72.38% -0.0885 -0.0781)
OKLCHoklch(72.38% 0.118 221.4)
XYZxyz(31.0084, 39.3549, 72.2781)
Luminance0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##38B6DA1.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

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

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#38B6DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva