#38BDDC#38BDDC

#38BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDDC
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -25.13, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 35.95, 225.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0944 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.119 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7413, 42.3993, 74.1546)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDDC #DC5738

analogous

#38DCA9 #38BDDC #386BDC

triadic

#38BDDC #DC38BD #BDDC38

tetradic

#38BDDC #A938DC #DC5738 #6BDC38

square

#38BDDC #A938DC #DC5738 #6BDC38

split-complementary

#38BDDC #DC386B #DCA938

monochromatic

#176E83 #209AB7 #38BDDC #6CCEE5 #A0E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#38BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDDC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDDC	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1e7',
    500: '#38bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bddc;
$custom-light: #86d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.341,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74119,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDDC

secondary

#DBA295

accent

#5D3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDDC

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

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