#38B8DB#38B8DB

#38B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.118 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8DB
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -22.91, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 35.78, 230.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.09 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.118 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5522, 40.2324, 73.1068)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8DB #DB5B38

analogous

#38DBAC #38B8DB #3867DB

triadic

#38B8DB #DB38B8 #B8DB38

tetradic

#38B8DB #AC38DB #DB5B38 #67DB38

square

#38B8DB #AC38DB #DB5B38 #67DB38

split-complementary

#38B8DB #DB3867 #DBAC38

monochromatic

#176A81 #2195B5 #38B8DB #6CCAE4 #A0DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8DB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8DB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.118 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cde6',
    500: '#38b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8db;
$custom-light: #86cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.883,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8DB

secondary

#DAA495

accent

#623CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8DB

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

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