#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
RGBrgb(56, 187, 217)
HSLhsl(191, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(191, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.45, -25.07, -25.15)
CIE-LCHlch(70.45, 35.51, 225.09°)
OKLaboklab(73.52% -0.0937 -0.0702)
OKLCHoklch(73.52% 0.117 216.8)
XYZxyz(31.9203, 41.3873, 71.9384)
Luminance0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##38BBD91.002.269.289.28
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2821.001.001.00
##0000009.2821.001.001.00

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

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#38BBD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva