#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
RGBrgb(56, 184, 215)
HSLhsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.49, -24.19, -25.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.49, 35.16, 226.54°)
OKLaboklab(72.72% -0.0916 -0.0713)
OKLCHoklch(72.72% 0.116 217.9)
XYZxyz(31.0319, 40.0243, 70.3668)
Luminance0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##38B8D71.002.339.019.01
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0121.001.001.00
##0000009.0121.001.001.00

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

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#38B8D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva