#38B0C8#38B0C8

#38B0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0C8
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -24.87, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 33.04, 221.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0897 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.108 214)
XYZ	xyz(27.5771, 36.0583, 60.1389)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0C8 #C85038

analogous

#38C898 #38B0C8 #3868C8

triadic

#38B0C8 #C838B0 #B0C838

tetradic

#38B0C8 #9838C8 #C85038 #68C838

square

#38B0C8 #9838C8 #C85038 #68C838

split-complementary

#38B0C8 #C83868 #C89838

monochromatic

#1D5C69 #2A8699 #38B0C8 #68C3D5 #98D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#38B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C8

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0C8	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8d8',
    500: '#38b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0c8;
$custom-light: #83c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70194,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0C8

secondary

#CE988E

accent

#6148E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0C8

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

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