#38BFDB#38BFDB

#38BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFDB
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -26.44, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 35.93, 222.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0967 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.118 215)
XYZ	xyz(33.0424, 43.2129, 73.6035)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFDB #DB5438

analogous

#38DBA6 #38BFDB #386EDB

triadic

#38BFDB #DB38BF #BFDB38

tetradic

#38BFDB #A638DB #DB5438 #6EDB38

square

#38BFDB #A638DB #DB5438 #6EDB38

split-complementary

#38BFDB #DB386E #DBA638

monochromatic

#176F81 #219CB5 #38BFDB #6CD0E4 #A0E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#38BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFDB

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFDB	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 215.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.307,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74553,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.43217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFDB

secondary

#DAA195

accent

#5A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFDB

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

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