#38AECB#38AECB

#38AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AECB
RGBrgb(56, 174, 203)
HSLhsl(192, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(192, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.08, -22.91, -24.15)
CIE-LCHlch(66.08, 33.28, 226.51°)
OKLaboklab(69.84% -0.0865 -0.0674)
OKLCHoklch(69.84% 0.11 217.9)
XYZxyz(27.5419, 35.4214, 61.8738)
Luminance0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AECB #CB5538
analogous
#38CB9F #38AECB #3864CB
triadic
#38AECB #CB38AE #AECB38
tetradic
#38AECB #9F38CB #CB5538 #64CB38
square
#38AECB #9F38CB #CB5538 #64CB38
split-complementary
#38AECB #CB3864 #CB9F38
monochromatic
#1C5D6C #29869D #38AECB #69C2D8 #99D5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#38AECB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08
#38AECB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AECB
8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AECB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AECB1.002.608.088.08
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0821.001.001.00
##0000008.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BA9CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#879ACB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 217.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6db',
    500: '#38aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38aecb;
$custom-light: #83c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69836,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AECB
secondary
#D09C8F
accent
#6546E2
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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