#38B7D5#38B7D5

#38B7D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7D5
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -24.31, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 34.87, 225.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0914 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.115 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5695, 39.5082, 68.9526)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7D5 #D55638

analogous

#38D5A4 #38B7D5 #3868D5

triadic

#38B7D5 #D538B7 #B7D538

tetradic

#38B7D5 #A438D5 #D55638 #68D538

square

#38B7D5 #A438D5 #D55638 #68D538

split-complementary

#38B7D5 #D53868 #D5A438

monochromatic

#1A6779 #2492AC #38B7D5 #6BC9E0 #9DDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38B7D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38B7D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7D5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7D5	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce2',
    500: '#38b7d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7d5;
$custom-light: #85cce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.465,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72404,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7D5

secondary

#D69F92

accent

#6040E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7D5

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

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