#38BDD9#38BDD9

#38BDD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDD9
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -26.07, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 35.60, 222.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0956 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.117 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3475, 42.2418, 72.0808)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDD9 #D95438

analogous

#38D9A4 #38BDD9 #386CD9

triadic

#38BDD9 #D938BD #BDD938

tetradic

#38BDD9 #A438D9 #D95438 #6CD938

square

#38BDD9 #A438D9 #D95438 #6CD938

split-complementary

#38BDD9 #D9386C #D9A438

monochromatic

#186D7E #2299B2 #38BDD9 #6BCEE3 #9FDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38BDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDD9

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDD9	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1e4',
    500: '#38bdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdd9;
$custom-light: #86d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73996,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDD9

secondary

#D9A094

accent

#5B3DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDD9

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

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