#38BCDB#38BCDB

#38BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCDB
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -24.94, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 35.79, 225.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0938 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.118 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3949, 41.9178, 73.3877)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCDB #DB5738

analogous

#38DBA9 #38BCDB #386BDB

triadic

#38BCDB #DB38BC #BCDB38

tetradic

#38BCDB #A938DB #DB5738 #6BDB38

square

#38BCDB #A938DB #DB5738 #6BDB38

split-complementary

#38BCDB #DB386B #DBA938

monochromatic

#176D81 #2199B5 #38BCDB #6CCDE4 #A0DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCDB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCDB	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0e6',
    500: '#38bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcdb;
$custom-light: #86d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.411,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCDB

secondary

#DAA295

accent

#5D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCDB

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

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