#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
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -23.27, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 32.39, 224.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0859 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.106 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2676, 33.9947, 57.9898)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38ABC5	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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