#38BCDF#38BCDF

#38BCDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCDF
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -23.67, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 36.38, 229.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0923 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.12 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9278, 42.1309, 76.1944)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCDF #DF5B38

analogous

#38DFAF #38BCDF #3869DF

triadic

#38BCDF #DF38BC #BCDF38

tetradic

#38BCDF #AF38DF #DF5B38 #69DF38

square

#38BCDF #AF38DF #DF5B38 #69DF38

split-complementary

#38BCDF #DF3869 #DFAF38

monochromatic

#166F87 #1E9BBC #38BCDF #6DCEE7 #A1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCDF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCDF	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d0e9',
    500: '#38bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcdf;
$custom-light: #87d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.575,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74007,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCDF

secondary

#DDA596

accent

#5F39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCDF

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

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