#38B8D4#38B8D4

#38B8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8D4
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -25.13, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 34.79, 223.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0927 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.114 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6500, 39.8715, 68.3552)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8D4 #D45438

analogous

#38D4A2 #38B8D4 #386AD4

triadic

#38B8D4 #D438B8 #B8D438

tetradic

#38B8D4 #A238D4 #D45438 #6AD438

square

#38B8D4 #A238D4 #D45438 #6AD438

split-complementary

#38B8D4 #D4386A #D4A238

monochromatic

#1A6778 #2592AA #38B8D4 #6ACADF #9DDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38B8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38B8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8D4

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8D4	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde1',
    500: '#38b8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8d4;
$custom-light: #85cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72601,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8D4

secondary

#D69E92

accent

#5E40E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8D4

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

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