#38BCD9#38BCD9

#38BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BCD9
RGBrgb(56, 188, 217)
HSLhsl(191, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(191, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.74, -25.57, -24.70)
CIE-LCHlch(70.74, 35.55, 224.00°)
OKLaboklab(73.76% -0.0946 -0.0689)
OKLCHoklch(73.76% 0.117 216.1)
XYZxyz(32.1332, 41.8131, 72.0094)
Luminance0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BCD9 #D95538
analogous
#38D9A5 #38BCD9 #386CD9
triadic
#38BCD9 #D938BC #BCD938
tetradic
#38BCD9 #A538D9 #D95538 #6CD938
square
#38BCD9 #A538D9 #D95538 #6CD938
split-complementary
#38BCD9 #D9386C #D9A538
monochromatic
#186C7E #2298B2 #38BCD9 #6BCDE3 #9FDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#38BCD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36
#38BCD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCD9
9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BCD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BCD91.002.249.369.36
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3621.001.001.00
##0000009.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B6DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A6D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 216.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0e4',
    500: '#38bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bcd9;
$custom-light: #86d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.807,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BCD9
secondary
#D9A094
accent
#5C3DEB
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#38BCD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva