#38B7D9#38B7D9

#38B7D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7D9
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -23.04, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 35.46, 229.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0898 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.117 220)
XYZ	xyz(31.0835, 39.7138, 71.6595)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7D9 #D95A38

analogous

#38D9AA #38B7D9 #3866D9

triadic

#38B7D9 #D938B7 #B7D938

tetradic

#38B7D9 #AA38D9 #D95A38 #66D938

square

#38B7D9 #AA38D9 #D95A38 #66D938

split-complementary

#38B7D9 #D93866 #D9AA38

monochromatic

#18697E #2293B2 #38B7D9 #6BCAE3 #9FDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38B7D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38B7D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7D9

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7D9	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cce4',
    500: '#38b7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7d9;
$custom-light: #85cce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.671,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.39717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7D9

secondary

#D9A294

accent

#623DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7D9

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

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