#38B9D8#38B9D8

#38B9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9D8
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -24.37, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.32, 226.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0921 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.117 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3693, 40.4928, 71.1150)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9D8 #D85738

analogous

#38D8A7 #38B9D8 #3869D8

triadic

#38B9D8 #D838B9 #B9D838

tetradic

#38B9D8 #A738D8 #D85738 #69D838

square

#38B9D8 #A738D8 #D85738 #69D838

split-complementary

#38B9D8 #D83869 #D8A738

monochromatic

#196A7D #2395B0 #38B9D8 #6BCBE2 #9EDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38B9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38B9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9D8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9D8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cee4',
    500: '#38b9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9d8;
$custom-light: #85cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.625,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9D8

secondary

#D8A193

accent

#5F3EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9D8

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

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