#38ABC9#38ABC9

#38ABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABC9
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -22.00, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 32.95, 228.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0843 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.109 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7320, 34.1805, 60.4356)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABC9 #C95638

analogous

#38C99F #38ABC9 #3862C9

triadic

#38ABC9 #C938AB #ABC938

tetradic

#38ABC9 #9F38C9 #C95638 #62C938

square

#38ABC9 #9F38C9 #C95638 #62C938

split-complementary

#38ABC9 #C93862 #C99F38

monochromatic

#1D5A6A #2A839A #38ABC9 #68BFD6 #98D4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#38ABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC9

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABC9	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4d9',
    500: '#38abc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abc9;
$custom-light: #82c4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69032,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABC9

secondary

#CF9B8E

accent

#6747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC9

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

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