#38A2BB#38A2BB

#38A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.101 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2BB
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -21.81, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 30.73, 224.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0808 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.101 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5171, 30.2666, 51.6067)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2BB #BB5138

analogous

#38BB92 #38A2BB #3861BB

triadic

#38A2BB #BB38A2 #A2BB38

tetradic

#38A2BB #9238BB #BB5138 #61BB38

square

#38A2BB #9238BB #BB5138 #61BB38

split-complementary

#38A2BB #BB3861 #BB9238

monochromatic

#1C505D #2A798C #38A2BB #61BAD0 #90CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#38A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#38A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2BB

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2BB	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.101 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdcf',
    500: '#38a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2bb;
$custom-light: #80bdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2BB

secondary

#C89386

accent

#674BDD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2BB

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

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