#38BAD8#38BAD8

#38BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAD8
RGBrgb(56, 186, 216)
HSLhsl(191, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(191, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.11, -24.88, -25.11)
CIE-LCHlch(70.11, 35.35, 225.26°)
OKLaboklab(73.24% -0.0931 -0.0701)
OKLCHoklch(73.24% 0.117 217)
XYZxyz(31.5792, 40.9127, 71.1850)
Luminance0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAD8 #D85638
analogous
#38D8A6 #38BAD8 #386AD8
triadic
#38BAD8 #D838BA #BAD838
tetradic
#38BAD8 #A638D8 #D85638 #6AD838
square
#38BAD8 #A638D8 #D85638 #6AD838
split-complementary
#38BAD8 #D8386A #D8A638
monochromatic
#196A7D #2396B0 #38BAD8 #6BCCE2 #9EDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#38BAD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18
#38BAD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAD8
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAD81.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B4DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A5D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 217.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe4',
    500: '#38bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bad8;
$custom-light: #86cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.40916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAD8
secondary
#D8A093
accent
#5E3EEA
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAD8

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#38BAD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva