#38ABC8#38ABC8

#38ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.108 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABC8
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -22.32, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 32.80, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0847 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.108 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6148, 34.1336, 59.8181)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABC8 #C85538

analogous

#38C89D #38ABC8 #3863C8

triadic

#38ABC8 #C838AB #ABC838

tetradic

#38ABC8 #9D38C8 #C85538 #63C838

square

#38ABC8 #9D38C8 #C85538 #63C838

split-complementary

#38ABC8 #C83863 #C89D38

monochromatic

#1D5969 #2A8299 #38ABC8 #68BFD5 #98D3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC8

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABC8	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.108 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4d8',
    500: '#38abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abc8;
$custom-light: #82c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6899,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABC8

secondary

#CE9B8E

accent

#6648E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC8

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

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