#38B7D8#38B7D8

#38B7D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7D8
RGBrgb(56, 183, 216)
HSLhsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.23, -23.36, -26.47)
CIE-LCHlch(69.23, 35.30, 228.57°)
OKLaboklab(72.53% -0.0902 -0.074)
OKLCHoklch(72.53% 0.117 219.4)
XYZxyz(30.9538, 39.6619, 70.9766)
Luminance0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7D8 #D85938
analogous
#38D8A9 #38B7D8 #3867D8
triadic
#38B7D8 #D838B7 #B7D838
tetradic
#38B7D8 #A938D8 #D85938 #67D838
square
#38B7D8 #A938D8 #D85938 #67D838
split-complementary
#38B7D8 #D83867 #D8A938
monochromatic
#19687D #2393B0 #38B7D8 #6BCAE2 #9EDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#38B7D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93
#38B7D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7D8
8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7D81.002.358.938.93
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9321.001.001.00
##0000008.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2B2DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA2D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 219.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce4',
    500: '#38b7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7d8;
$custom-light: #85cce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.375,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7D8
secondary
#D8A293
accent
#613EEA
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7D8

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#38B7D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva