#38BDF8

Tailwind sky-400

#38BDF8 is a cyan colour. In RGB it is 56 red, 189 green and 248 blue, which converts to a hue of 198 degrees, 93% saturation and 60% lightness. It is Tailwind sky-400 in that design system's palette.

Color values

HEX	#38BDF8
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 248)
HSL	hsl(198, 93%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 24%, 0%, 3%)

Contrast and accessibility

Against white the contrast ratio is 2.14:1, and against black it is 9.8:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

Background	Ratio	Normal text	Large text
White	2.14:1	Fail	Fail
Black	9.8:1	AAA	AAA

Tints and shades

Lighter tints move #38BDF8 toward white, and darker shades move it toward black.

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Complementary

#F8733A

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Code

CSS	color: #38BDF8;
CSS rgb()	color: rgb(56 189 248);
Tailwind	bg-[#38bdf8]
SwiftUI	Color(red: 0.220, green: 0.741, blue: 0.973)
Android	Color.parseColor("#38BDF8")

Closest named color

The nearest CSS colour keyword to #38BDF8 is deepskyblue (#00BFFF).