#38B9D3#38B9D3

#38B9D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9D3
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -25.95, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 34.74, 221.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0941 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.114 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7327, 40.2382, 67.7624)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9D3 #D35238

analogous

#38D3A0 #38B9D3 #386BD3

triadic

#38B9D3 #D338B9 #B9D338

tetradic

#38B9D3 #A038D3 #D35238 #6BD338

square

#38B9D3 #A038D3 #D35238 #6BD338

split-complementary

#38B9D3 #D3386B #D3A038

monochromatic

#1A6776 #2593A9 #38B9D3 #6ACBDE #9CDCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38B9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38B9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9D3

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9D3	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)

#A6B3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cee0',
    500: '#38b9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9d3;
$custom-light: #85cee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.065,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9D3

secondary

#D59D92

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9D3

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

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