#38BDDB#38BDDB

#38BDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDDB
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -25.44, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 35.83, 224.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0948 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.118 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6092, 42.3465, 73.4592)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDDB #DB5638

analogous

#38DBA8 #38BDDB #386CDB

triadic

#38BDDB #DB38BD #BDDB38

tetradic

#38BDDB #A838DB #DB5638 #6CDB38

square

#38BDDB #A838DB #DB5638 #6CDB38

split-complementary

#38BDDB #DB386C #DBA838

monochromatic

#176E81 #219AB5 #38BDDB #6CCEE4 #A0DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#38BDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDDB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDDB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1e6',
    500: '#38bddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bddb;
$custom-light: #86d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.043,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74078,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDDB

secondary

#DAA195

accent

#5C3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDDB

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

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