#38B7D4#38B7D4

#38B7D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7D4
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -24.63, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 34.74, 224.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0918 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.114 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4430, 39.4576, 68.2862)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7D4 #D45538

analogous

#38D4A3 #38B7D4 #3869D4

triadic

#38B7D4 #D438B7 #B7D438

tetradic

#38B7D4 #A338D4 #D45538 #69D438

square

#38B7D4 #A338D4 #D45538 #69D438

split-complementary

#38B7D4 #D43869 #D4A338

monochromatic

#1A6678 #2591AA #38B7D4 #6AC9DF #9DDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38B7D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38B7D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7D4

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7D4	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde1',
    500: '#38b7d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7d4;
$custom-light: #85cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7D4

secondary

#D69F92

accent

#5F40E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7D4

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

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