#38B7D7#38B7D7

#38B7D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7D7
RGBrgb(56, 183, 215)
HSLhsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 14.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.19, -23.68, -25.98)
CIE-LCHlch(69.19, 35.15, 227.65°)
OKLaboklab(72.49% -0.0906 -0.0726)
OKLCHoklch(72.49% 0.116 218.7)
XYZxyz(30.8250, 39.6103, 70.2978)
Luminance0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7D7 #D75838
analogous
#38D7A7 #38B7D7 #3868D7
triadic
#38B7D7 #D738B7 #B7D738
tetradic
#38B7D7 #A738D7 #D75838 #68D738
square
#38B7D7 #A738D7 #D75838 #68D738
split-complementary
#38B7D7 #D73868 #D7A738
monochromatic
#19687C #2393AF #38B7D7 #6BC9E1 #9EDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#38B7D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92
#38B7D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7D7
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7D71.002.358.928.92
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B2D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA2D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 218.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce3',
    500: '#38b7d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7d7;
$custom-light: #85cce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.075,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7D7
secondary
#D8A193
accent
#613EE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#38B7D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva