#38BADB#38BADB

#38BADB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.118 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BADB
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -23.93, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 35.76, 228.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0919 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.118 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9706, 41.0692, 73.2463)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BADB #DB5938

analogous

#38DBAB #38BADB #3869DB

triadic

#38BADB #DB38BA #BADB38

tetradic

#38BADB #AB38DB #DB5938 #69DB38

square

#38BADB #AB38DB #DB5938 #69DB38

split-complementary

#38BADB #DB3869 #DBAB38

monochromatic

#176C81 #2197B5 #38BADB #6CCCE4 #A0DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#38BADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BADB

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BADB	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38badb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.118 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe6',
    500: '#38badb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38badb;
$custom-light: #86cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38badb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.147,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73366,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BADB

secondary

#DAA395

accent

#5F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BADB

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

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