#38B0C9#38B0C9

#38B0C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.109 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0C9
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -24.56, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 33.13, 222.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0893 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.109 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6944, 36.1052, 60.7564)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0C9 #C95138

analogous

#38C999 #38B0C9 #3867C9

triadic

#38B0C9 #C938B0 #B0C938

tetradic

#38B0C9 #9938C9 #C95138 #67C938

square

#38B0C9 #9938C9 #C95138 #67C938

split-complementary

#38B0C9 #C93867 #C99938

monochromatic

#1D5D6A #2A879A #38B0C9 #68C3D6 #98D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B0C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#38B0C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C9

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0C9	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.109 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8d9',
    500: '#38b0c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0c9;
$custom-light: #83c8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70234,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0C9

secondary

#CF998E

accent

#6247E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0C9

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

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