#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
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -25.20, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 35.23, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0935 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.116 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4503, 40.8611, 70.5062)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38BAD7	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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