#38B9D4#38B9D4

#38B9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9D4
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -25.64, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 34.84, 222.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0937 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.115 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8585, 40.2885, 68.4247)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9D4 #D45338

analogous

#38D4A1 #38B9D4 #386BD4

triadic

#38B9D4 #D438B9 #B9D438

tetradic

#38B9D4 #A138D4 #D45338 #6BD438

square

#38B9D4 #A138D4 #D45338 #6BD438

split-complementary

#38B9D4 #D4386B #D4A138

monochromatic

#1A6778 #2593AA #38B9D4 #6ACBDF #9DDCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38B9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38B9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9D4

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9D4	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cee1',
    500: '#38b9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9d4;
$custom-light: #85cee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9D4

secondary

#D69E92

accent

#5D40E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9D4

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

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