#38ABCF#38ABCF

#38ABCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABCF
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -20.07, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 34.04, 233.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.082 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.112 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4516, 34.4683, 64.2256)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABCF #CF5C38

analogous

#38CFA8 #38ABCF #3860CF

triadic

#38ABCF #CF38AB #ABCF38

tetradic

#38ABCF #A838CF #CF5C38 #60CF38

square

#38ABCF #A838CF #CF5C38 #60CF38

split-complementary

#38ABCF #CF3860 #CFA838

monochromatic

#1B5D71 #2785A3 #38ABCF #69C0DB #9BD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38ABCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#38ABCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABCF

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABCF	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4dd',
    500: '#38abcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abcf;
$custom-light: #83c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6929,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABCF

secondary

#D3A090

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABCF

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

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