#38B0CA#38B0CA

#38B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0CA
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -24.24, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 33.24, 223.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0889 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.109 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8124, 36.1524, 61.3780)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0CA #CA5238

analogous

#38CA9B #38B0CA #3867CA

triadic

#38B0CA #CA38B0 #B0CA38

tetradic

#38B0CA #9B38CA #CA5238 #67CA38

square

#38B0CA #9B38CA #CA5238 #67CA38

split-complementary

#38B0CA #CA3867 #CA9B38

monochromatic

#1D5D6B #29879B #38B0CA #68C3D7 #99D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#38B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0CA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0CA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8da',
    500: '#38b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0ca;
$custom-light: #83c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70275,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0CA

secondary

#CF9A8E

accent

#6247E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0CA

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

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