#38BBDB#38BBDB

#38BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBDB
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -24.43, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 35.77, 226.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0929 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.118 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1820, 41.4920, 73.3167)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBDB #DB5838

analogous

#38DBAA #38BBDB #386ADB

triadic

#38BBDB #DB38BB #BBDB38

tetradic

#38BBDB #AA38DB #DB5838 #6ADB38

square

#38BBDB #AA38DB #DB5838 #6ADB38

split-complementary

#38BBDB #DB386A #DBAA38

monochromatic

#176C81 #2198B5 #38BBDB #6CCDE4 #A0DEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBDB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBDB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 218.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.779,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBDB

secondary

#DAA295

accent

#5E3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBDB

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

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