#38BBD9#38BBD9

#38BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBD9
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -25.07, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 35.51, 225.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0937 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.117 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9203, 41.3873, 71.9384)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBD9 #D95638

analogous

#38D9A6 #38BBD9 #386AD9

triadic

#38BBD9 #D938BB #BBD938

tetradic

#38BBD9 #A638D9 #D95638 #6AD938

square

#38BBD9 #A638D9 #D95638 #6AD938

split-complementary

#38BBD9 #D9386A #D9A638

monochromatic

#186B7E #2297B2 #38BBD9 #6BCDE3 #9FDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#38BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBD9

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBD9	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfe4',
    500: '#38bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbd9;
$custom-light: #86cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.18,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBD9

secondary

#D9A194

accent

#5D3DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBD9

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

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