#38BEDB#38BEDB

#38BEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEDB
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -25.94, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 35.87, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0958 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.118 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8251, 42.7782, 73.5311)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEDB #DB5538

analogous

#38DBA7 #38BEDB #386DDB

triadic

#38BEDB #DB38BE #BEDB38

tetradic

#38BEDB #A738DB #DB5538 #6DDB38

square

#38BEDB #A738DB #DB5538 #6DDB38

split-complementary

#38BEDB #DB386D #DBA738

monochromatic

#176E81 #219BB5 #38BEDB #6CCFE4 #A0E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEDB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEDB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2e6',
    500: '#38bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bedb;
$custom-light: #86d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.675,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74315,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEDB

secondary

#DAA195

accent

#5B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEDB

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

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