#38ABC5#38ABC5

#38ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ABC5
RGBrgb(56, 171, 197)
HSLhsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(191, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.96, -23.27, -22.53)
CIE-LCHlch(64.96, 32.39, 224.07°)
OKLaboklab(68.86% -0.0859 -0.0628)
OKLCHoklch(68.86% 0.106 216.2)
XYZxyz(26.2676, 33.9947, 57.9898)
Luminance0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ABC5 #C55238
analogous
#38C599 #38ABC5 #3865C5
triadic
#38ABC5 #C538AB #ABC538
tetradic
#38ABC5 #9938C5 #C55238 #65C538
square
#38ABC5 #9938C5 #C55238 #65C538
split-complementary
#38ABC5 #C53865 #C59938
monochromatic
#1D5866 #2A8295 #38ABC5 #67C0D4 #96D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69
#38ABC5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80
#38ABC5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC5
7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ABC5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ABC51.002.697.807.80
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8021.001.001.00
##0000007.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99A6C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8697C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 216.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4d6',
    500: '#38abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38abc5;
$custom-light: #82c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68865,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ABC5
secondary
#CD988C
accent
#6449DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC5

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#38ABC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva