#38B8D7#38B8D7

#38B8D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8D7
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 215)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -24.19, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 35.16, 226.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0916 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.116 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0319, 40.0243, 70.3668)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8D7 #D75738

analogous

#38D7A6 #38B8D7 #3868D7

triadic

#38B8D7 #D738B8 #B8D738

tetradic

#38B8D7 #A638D7 #D75738 #68D738

square

#38B8D7 #A638D7 #D75738 #68D738

split-complementary

#38B8D7 #D73868 #D7A638

monochromatic

#19687C #2393AF #38B8D7 #6BCAE1 #9EDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38B8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38B8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8D7

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8D7	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde3',
    500: '#38b8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8d7;
$custom-light: #85cde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.698,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8D7

secondary

#D8A093

accent

#603EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8D7

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

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