#38B8D8#38B8D8

#38B8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8D8
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -23.87, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 35.31, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0912 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.117 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1608, 40.0759, 71.0456)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8D8 #D85838

analogous

#38D8A8 #38B8D8 #3868D8

triadic

#38B8D8 #D838B8 #B8D838

tetradic

#38B8D8 #A838D8 #D85838 #68D838

square

#38B8D8 #A838D8 #D85838 #68D838

split-complementary

#38B8D8 #D83868 #D8A838

monochromatic

#19697D #2394B0 #38B8D8 #6BCAE2 #9EDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8D8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8D8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cde4',
    500: '#38b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8d8;
$custom-light: #85cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72766,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8D8

secondary

#D8A193

accent

#603EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8D8

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

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