#38B0D0#38B0D0

#38B0D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0D0
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 208)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -22.33, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 34.06, 229.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0865 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.112 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5366, 36.4421, 65.1923)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0D0 #D05838

analogous

#38D0A4 #38B0D0 #3864D0

triadic

#38B0D0 #D038B0 #B0D038

tetradic

#38B0D0 #A438D0 #D05838 #64D038

square

#38B0D0 #A438D0 #D05838 #64D038

split-complementary

#38B0D0 #D03864 #D0A438

monochromatic

#1B6073 #278AA4 #38B0D0 #6AC4DC #9BD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#38B0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0D0

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0D0	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c7de',
    500: '#38b0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0d0;
$custom-light: #84c7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70525,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0D0

secondary

#D39F91

accent

#6543E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0D0

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

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