#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
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -23.36, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 35.30, 228.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0902 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.117 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9538, 39.6619, 70.9766)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38B7D8	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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