#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
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -24.88, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.35, 225.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0931 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.117 217)
XYZ	xyz(31.5792, 40.9127, 71.1850)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38BAD8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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