#38BED9#38BED9

#38BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BED9
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -26.57, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 35.66, 221.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0965 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.117 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5634, 42.6735, 72.1528)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BED9 #D95338

analogous

#38D9A3 #38BED9 #386DD9

triadic

#38BED9 #D938BE #BED938

tetradic

#38BED9 #A338D9 #D95338 #6DD938

square

#38BED9 #A338D9 #D95338 #6DD938

split-complementary

#38BED9 #D9386D #D9A338

monochromatic

#186D7E #229AB2 #38BED9 #6BCFE3 #9FE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#38BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BED9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BED9	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2e4',
    500: '#38bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bed9;
$custom-light: #86d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.062,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74234,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BED9

secondary

#D99F94

accent

#5A3DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BED9

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

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