#38C0DD#38C0DD

#38C0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0DD
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -26.31, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 36.19, 223.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0969 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.119 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5261, 43.7564, 75.0715)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0DD #DD5538

analogous

#38DDA7 #38C0DD #386EDD

triadic

#38C0DD #DD38C0 #C0DD38

tetradic

#38C0DD #A738DD #DD5538 #6EDD38

square

#38C0DD #A738DD #DD5538 #6EDD38

split-complementary

#38C0DD #DD386E #DDA738

monochromatic

#177184 #1F9DB8 #38C0DD #6CD1E6 #A1E1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#38C0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0DD

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0DD	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3e7',
    500: '#38c0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0dd;
$custom-light: #87d3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74871,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0DD

secondary

#DBA295

accent

#5A3AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0DD

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

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