#38B9DB#38B9DB

#38B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9DB
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -23.42, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 35.77, 229.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.091 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.118 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7607, 40.6493, 73.1763)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9DB #DB5A38

analogous

#38DBAC #38B9DB #3868DB

triadic

#38B9DB #DB38B9 #B9DB38

tetradic

#38B9DB #AC38DB #DB5A38 #68DB38

square

#38B9DB #AC38DB #DB5A38 #68DB38

split-complementary

#38B9DB #DB3868 #DBAC38

monochromatic

#176B81 #2196B5 #38B9DB #6CCBE4 #A0DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#38B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9DB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9DB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cee6',
    500: '#38b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9db;
$custom-light: #86cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.515,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9DB

secondary

#DAA395

accent

#603CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9DB

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

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