#38BBD7#38BBD7

#38BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBD7
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -25.70, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 35.28, 223.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0945 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.116 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6617, 41.2839, 70.5767)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBD7 #D75438

analogous

#38D7A3 #38BBD7 #386BD7

triadic

#38BBD7 #D738BB #BBD738

tetradic

#38BBD7 #A338D7 #D75438 #6BD738

square

#38BBD7 #A338D7 #D75438 #6BD738

split-complementary

#38BBD7 #D7386B #D7A338

monochromatic

#196A7C #2396AF #38BBD7 #6BCCE1 #9EDEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBD7

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBD7	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe3',
    500: '#38bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbd7;
$custom-light: #86cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.566,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73439,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBD7

secondary

#D89F93

accent

#5C3EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBD7

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

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