#38ABC2#38ABC2

#38ABC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.105 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABC2
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -24.22, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 32.08, 220.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0871 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.105 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9273, 33.8586, 56.1974)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABC2 #C24F38

analogous

#38C294 #38ABC2 #3866C2

triadic

#38ABC2 #C238AB #ABC238

tetradic

#38ABC2 #9438C2 #C24F38 #66C238

square

#38ABC2 #9438C2 #C24F38 #66C238

split-complementary

#38ABC2 #C23866 #C29438

monochromatic

#1D5763 #2A8193 #38ABC2 #65C0D2 #94D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#38ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC2

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABC2	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8797C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.105 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d4',
    500: '#38abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abc2;
$custom-light: #81c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68742,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABC2

secondary

#CB958A

accent

#6249DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC2

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

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