#38ABC7#38ABC7

#38ABC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.107 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABC7
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -22.64, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 32.65, 226.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0851 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.107 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4983, 34.0870, 59.2047)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABC7 #C75438

analogous

#38C79B #38ABC7 #3864C7

triadic

#38ABC7 #C738AB #ABC738

tetradic

#38ABC7 #9B38C7 #C75438 #64C738

square

#38ABC7 #9B38C7 #C75438 #64C738

split-complementary

#38ABC7 #C73864 #C79B38

monochromatic

#1D5967 #2B8297 #38ABC7 #68BFD4 #98D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38ABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#38ABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC7

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABC7	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.107 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4d8',
    500: '#38abc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abc7;
$custom-light: #82c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.748,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68948,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABC7

secondary

#CD9A8D

accent

#6648DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC7

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

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