#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
RGBrgb(56, 190, 217)
HSLhsl(190, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(190, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.33, -26.57, -23.79)
CIE-LCHlch(71.33, 35.66, 221.84°)
OKLaboklab(74.23% -0.0965 -0.0664)
OKLCHoklch(74.23% 0.117 214.5)
XYZxyz(32.5634, 42.6735, 72.1528)
Luminance0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38BED91.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

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

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#38BED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva