#38BBD8#38BBD8

#38BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBD8
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -25.38, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 35.39, 224.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0941 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.117 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7906, 41.3355, 71.2555)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBD8 #D85538

analogous

#38D8A5 #38BBD8 #386BD8

triadic

#38BBD8 #D838BB #BBD838

tetradic

#38BBD8 #A538D8 #D85538 #6BD838

square

#38BBD8 #A538D8 #D85538 #6BD838

split-complementary

#38BBD8 #D8386B #D8A538

monochromatic

#196B7D #2397B0 #38BBD8 #6BCCE2 #9EDEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#38BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBD8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBD8	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe4',
    500: '#38bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbd8;
$custom-light: #86cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.875,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBD8

secondary

#D8A093

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBD8

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

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