#38A1BE#38A1BE

#38A1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.103 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A1BE
RGB	rgb(56, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -20.33, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 31.17, 229.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0786 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.103 220)
XYZ	xyz(23.6662, 30.0455, 53.2573)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A1BE #BE5538

analogous

#38BE98 #38A1BE #385EBE

triadic

#38A1BE #BE38A1 #A1BE38

tetradic

#38A1BE #9838BE #BE5538 #5EBE38

square

#38A1BE #9838BE #BE5538 #5EBE38

split-complementary

#38A1BE #BE385E #BE9838

monochromatic

#1C515F #2A798F #38A1BE #62B9D1 #92CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#38A1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#38A1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A1BE

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A1BE	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.103 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd1',
    500: '#38a1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a1be;
$custom-light: #80bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.985,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66156,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.30048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A1BE

secondary

#CA9688

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A1BE

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

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