#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
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -22.91, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 33.28, 226.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0865 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.11 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5419, 35.4214, 61.8738)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38AECB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38AECB

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

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