#38B1CB#38B1CB

#38B1CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1CB
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -24.43, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 33.41, 222.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0894 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.11 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1280, 36.5935, 62.0692)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1CB #CB5238

analogous

#38CB9B #38B1CB #3867CB

triadic

#38B1CB #CB38B1 #B1CB38

tetradic

#38B1CB #9B38CB #CB5238 #67CB38

square

#38B1CB #9B38CB #CB5238 #67CB38

split-complementary

#38B1CB #CB3867 #CB9B38

monochromatic

#1C5E6C #29889D #38B1CB #69C4D8 #99D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#38B1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1CB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1CB	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8da',
    500: '#38b1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1cb;
$custom-light: #83c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70557,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1CB

secondary

#D09A8F

accent

#6246E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1CB

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

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