#38ABCA#38ABCA

#38ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.109 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABCA
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -21.68, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 33.11, 229.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0839 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.109 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8500, 34.2277, 61.0572)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABCA #CA5738

analogous

#38CAA0 #38ABCA #3862CA

triadic

#38ABCA #CA38AB #ABCA38

tetradic

#38ABCA #A038CA #CA5738 #62CA38

square

#38ABCA #A038CA #CA5738 #62CA38

split-complementary

#38ABCA #CA3862 #CAA038

monochromatic

#1D5A6B #29839B #38ABCA #68BFD7 #99D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABCA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABCA	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.109 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4da',
    500: '#38abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abca;
$custom-light: #82c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.74,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69075,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABCA

secondary

#CF9C8E

accent

#6747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABCA

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

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