#38B0CF#38B0CF

#38B0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0CF
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -22.66, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 33.90, 228.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0869 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.112 219)
XYZ	xyz(28.4140, 36.3931, 64.5464)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0CF #CF5738

analogous

#38CFA3 #38B0CF #3865CF

triadic

#38B0CF #CF38B0 #B0CF38

tetradic

#38B0CF #A338CF #CF5738 #65CF38

square

#38B0CF #A338CF #CF5738 #65CF38

split-complementary

#38B0CF #CF3865 #CFA338

monochromatic

#1B6071 #2789A3 #38B0CF #69C4DB #9BD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38B0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0CF

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0CF	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7dd',
    500: '#38b0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0cf;
$custom-light: #84c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.318,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.36396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0CF

secondary

#D39E90

accent

#6544E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0CF

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

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