#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
RGBrgb(56, 184, 216)
HSLhsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.52, -23.87, -26.01)
CIE-LCHlch(69.52, 35.31, 227.46°)
OKLaboklab(72.77% -0.0912 -0.0727)
OKLCHoklch(72.77% 0.117 218.6)
XYZxyz(31.1608, 40.0759, 71.0456)
Luminance0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##38B8D81.002.339.029.02
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0221.001.001.00
##0000009.0221.001.001.00

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

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#38B8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva