#38BEDC#38BEDC

#38BEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEDC
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -25.63, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 35.99, 224.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0954 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.119 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9571, 42.8310, 74.2265)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEDC #DC5638

analogous

#38DCA8 #38BEDC #386CDC

triadic

#38BEDC #DC38BE #BEDC38

tetradic

#38BEDC #A838DC #DC5638 #6CDC38

square

#38BEDC #A838DC #DC5638 #6CDC38

split-complementary

#38BEDC #DC386C #DCA838

monochromatic

#176F83 #209BB7 #38BEDC #6CCFE5 #A0E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38BEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#38BEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEDC

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEDC	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2e7',
    500: '#38bedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bedc;
$custom-light: #86d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.976,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEDC

secondary

#DBA295

accent

#5B3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEDC

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

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