#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
RGBrgb(56, 171, 200)
HSLhsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(192, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.07, -22.32, -24.03)
CIE-LCHlch(65.07, 32.80, 227.11°)
OKLaboklab(68.99% -0.0847 -0.0671)
OKLCHoklch(68.99% 0.108 218.4)
XYZxyz(26.6148, 34.1336, 59.8181)
Luminance0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38ABC81.002.687.837.83
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8321.001.001.00
##0000007.8321.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#38ABC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva