#38C1DD#38C1DD

#38C1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1DD
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -26.81, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 36.25, 222.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0978 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.119 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7464, 44.1971, 75.1449)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1DD #DD5438

analogous

#38DDA7 #38C1DD #386FDD

triadic

#38C1DD #DD38C1 #C1DD38

tetradic

#38C1DD #A738DD #DD5438 #6FDD38

square

#38C1DD #A738DD #DD5438 #6FDD38

split-complementary

#38C1DD #DD386F #DDA738

monochromatic

#177184 #1F9EB8 #38C1DD #6CD1E6 #A1E2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#38C1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1DD

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1DD	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d4e7',
    500: '#38c1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1dd;
$custom-light: #87d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.182,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1DD

secondary

#DBA195

accent

#593AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1DD

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

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