#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
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -25.57, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 35.55, 224.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0946 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.117 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1332, 41.8131, 72.0094)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38BCD9	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BCD9

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

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