#38B8D9#38B8D9

#38B8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8D9
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -23.55, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 35.46, 228.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0908 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.117 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2905, 40.1277, 71.7285)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8D9 #D95938

analogous

#38D9A9 #38B8D9 #3867D9

triadic

#38B8D9 #D938B8 #B8D938

tetradic

#38B8D9 #A938D9 #D95938 #67D938

square

#38B8D9 #A938D9 #D95938 #67D938

split-complementary

#38B8D9 #D93867 #D9A938

monochromatic

#18697E #2294B2 #38B8D9 #6BCAE3 #9FDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38B8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#38B8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8D9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8D9	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cde4',
    500: '#38b8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8d9;
$custom-light: #86cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.298,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72808,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8D9

secondary

#D9A294

accent

#613DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8D9

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

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