#38B9D7#38B9D7

#38B9D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9D7
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 14%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -24.69, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.19, 225.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0925 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.116 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2404, 40.4412, 70.4363)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9D7 #D75638

analogous

#38D7A6 #38B9D7 #3869D7

triadic

#38B9D7 #D738B9 #B9D738

tetradic

#38B9D7 #A638D7 #D75638 #69D738

square

#38B9D7 #A638D7 #D75638 #69D738

split-complementary

#38B9D7 #D73869 #D7A638

monochromatic

#19697C #2394AF #38B9D7 #6BCBE1 #9EDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38B9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38B9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9D7

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9D7	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cee3',
    500: '#38b9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9d7;
$custom-light: #85cee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72963,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9D7

secondary

#D8A093

accent

#5F3EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9D7

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

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