#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
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -24.56, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 35.48, 226.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0927 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.117 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7089, 40.9645, 71.8680)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38BAD9	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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