#38B0CD#38B0CD

#38B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0CD
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -23.29, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 33.61, 226.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0877 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.111 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1710, 36.2959, 63.2669)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0CD #CD5538

analogous

#38CD9F #38B0CD #3865CD

triadic

#38B0CD #CD38B0 #B0CD38

tetradic

#38B0CD #9F38CD #CD5538 #65CD38

square

#38B0CD #9F38CD #CD5538 #65CD38

split-complementary

#38B0CD #CD3865 #CD9F38

monochromatic

#1C5F6F #2888A0 #38B0CD #69C3D9 #9AD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#38B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0CD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0CD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7dc',
    500: '#38b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0cd;
$custom-light: #83c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.678,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70399,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0CD

secondary

#D19C8F

accent

#6445E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0CD

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

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