#38BAD9#38BAD9

#38BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAD9
RGBrgb(56, 186, 217)
HSLhsl(192, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.15, -24.56, -25.60)
CIE-LCHlch(70.15, 35.48, 226.18°)
OKLaboklab(73.28% -0.0927 -0.0715)
OKLCHoklch(73.28% 0.117 217.6)
XYZxyz(31.7089, 40.9645, 71.8680)
Luminance0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAD9 #D95738
analogous
#38D9A7 #38BAD9 #3869D9
triadic
#38BAD9 #D938BA #BAD938
tetradic
#38BAD9 #A738D9 #D95738 #69D938
square
#38BAD9 #A738D9 #D95738 #69D938
split-complementary
#38BAD9 #D93869 #D9A738
monochromatic
#186B7E #2296B2 #38BAD9 #6BCCE3 #9FDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#38BAD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19
#38BAD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAD9
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAD91.002.289.199.19
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1921.001.001.00
##0000009.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B5DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90A5D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 217.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe4',
    500: '#38bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bad9;
$custom-light: #86cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.553,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAD9
secondary
#D9A194
accent
#5E3DEB
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAD9

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#38BAD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva