#38B0CE#38B0CE

#38B0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0CE
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -22.97, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 33.75, 227.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0873 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.111 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2921, 36.3443, 63.9046)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0CE #CE5638

analogous

#38CEA1 #38B0CE #3865CE

triadic

#38B0CE #CE38B0 #B0CE38

tetradic

#38B0CE #A138CE #CE5638 #65CE38

square

#38B0CE #A138CE #CE5638 #65CE38

split-complementary

#38B0CE #CE3865 #CEA138

monochromatic

#1C5F70 #2889A1 #38B0CE #69C3DA #9AD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#38B0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0CE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0CE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7dd',
    500: '#38b0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0ce;
$custom-light: #83c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70441,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0CE

secondary

#D29D90

accent

#6444E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0CE

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

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