#38A2BF#38A2BF

#38A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2BF
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -20.53, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 31.33, 229.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0792 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.103 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9513, 30.4403, 53.8934)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2BF #BF5538

analogous

#38BF98 #38A2BF #385EBF

triadic

#38A2BF #BF38A2 #A2BF38

tetradic

#38A2BF #9838BF #BF5538 #5EBF38

square

#38A2BF #9838BF #BF5538 #5EBF38

split-complementary

#38A2BF #BF385E #BF9838

monochromatic

#1C5260 #2A7A90 #38A2BF #63BAD1 #92CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#38A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#38A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2BF

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2BF	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd2',
    500: '#38a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2bf;
$custom-light: #80bdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66441,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2BF

secondary

#CA9789

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2BF

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

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