#38ABC3#38ABC3

#38ABC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.105 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABC3
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -23.91, -21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 32.17, 222.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0867 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.105 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0400, 33.9037, 56.7909)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABC3 #C35038

analogous

#38C396 #38ABC3 #3866C3

triadic

#38ABC3 #C338AB #ABC338

tetradic

#38ABC3 #9638C3 #C35038 #66C338

square

#38ABC3 #9638C3 #C35038 #66C338

split-complementary

#38ABC3 #C33866 #C39638

monochromatic

#1D5864 #2A8193 #38ABC3 #65C0D3 #95D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38ABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#38ABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC3

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABC3	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8797C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.105 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4d5',
    500: '#38abc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abc3;
$custom-light: #82c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68783,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABC3

secondary

#CC968B

accent

#6349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC3

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

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