#38B1CA#38B1CA

#38B1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1CA
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -24.75, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 33.30, 222.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0898 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.109 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0092, 36.5460, 61.4436)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1CA #CA5138

analogous

#38CA9A #38B1CA #3868CA

triadic

#38B1CA #CA38B1 #B1CA38

tetradic

#38B1CA #9A38CA #CA5138 #68CA38

square

#38B1CA #9A38CA #CA5138 #68CA38

split-complementary

#38B1CA #CA3868 #CA9A38

monochromatic

#1D5E6B #29889B #38B1CA #68C4D7 #99D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#38B1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1CA

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1CA	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8da',
    500: '#38b1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1ca;
$custom-light: #83c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.274,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1CA

secondary

#CF9A8E

accent

#6147E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1CA

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

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