#38BDDF#38BDDF

#38BDDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDDF
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -24.17, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 36.37, 228.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0933 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.12 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1422, 42.5597, 76.2658)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDDF #DF5A38

analogous

#38DFAE #38BDDF #3869DF

triadic

#38BDDF #DF38BD #BDDF38

tetradic

#38BDDF #AE38DF #DF5A38 #69DF38

square

#38BDDF #AE38DF #DF5A38 #69DF38

split-complementary

#38BDDF #DF3869 #DFAE38

monochromatic

#167087 #1E9CBC #38BDDF #6DCEE7 #A1E0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#38BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDDF

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDDF	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1e9',
    500: '#38bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bddf;
$custom-light: #87d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.216,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDDF

secondary

#DDA596

accent

#5E39EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDDF

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

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