#38A2BE#38A2BE

#38A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2BE
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -20.85, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 31.17, 228.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0796 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.103 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8416, 30.3964, 53.3158)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2BE #BE5438

analogous

#38BE97 #38A2BE #385FBE

triadic

#38A2BE #BE38A2 #A2BE38

tetradic

#38A2BE #9738BE #BE5438 #5FBE38

square

#38A2BE #9738BE #BE5438 #5FBE38

split-complementary

#38A2BE #BE385F #BE9738

monochromatic

#1C515F #2A7A8F #38A2BE #62BAD1 #92CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#38A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#38A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2BE

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2BE	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd1',
    500: '#38a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2be;
$custom-light: #80bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66398,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2BE

secondary

#CA9688

accent

#694ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2BE

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

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