#38BAD7#38BAD7

#38BAD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.116 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAD7
RGBrgb(56, 186, 215)
HSLhsl(191, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(191, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.08, -25.20, -24.62)
CIE-LCHlch(70.08, 35.23, 224.34°)
OKLaboklab(73.2% -0.0935 -0.0687)
OKLCHoklch(73.2% 0.116 216.3)
XYZxyz(31.4503, 40.8611, 70.5062)
Luminance0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAD7 #D75538
analogous
#38D7A4 #38BAD7 #386BD7
triadic
#38BAD7 #D738BA #BAD738
tetradic
#38BAD7 #A438D7 #D75538 #6BD738
square
#38BAD7 #A438D7 #D75538 #6BD738
split-complementary
#38BAD7 #D7386B #D7A438
monochromatic
#196A7C #2395AF #38BAD7 #6BCCE1 #9EDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#38BAD7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17
#38BAD7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAD7
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAD7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAD71.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B4D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A4D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.116 216.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfe3',
    500: '#38bad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bad7;
$custom-light: #85cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.943,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAD7
secondary
#D8A093
accent
#5E3EE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAD7

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#38BAD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva