#38B1CD#38B1CD

#38B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1CD
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -23.80, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 33.64, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0887 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.111 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3678, 36.6895, 63.3325)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1CD #CD5438

analogous

#38CD9E #38B1CD #3866CD

triadic

#38B1CD #CD38B1 #B1CD38

tetradic

#38B1CD #9E38CD #CD5438 #66CD38

square

#38B1CD #9E38CD #CD5438 #66CD38

split-complementary

#38B1CD #CD3866 #CD9E38

monochromatic

#1C5F6F #2889A0 #38B1CD #69C4D9 #9AD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#38B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1CD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1CD	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8dc',
    500: '#38b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1cd;
$custom-light: #83c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70639,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1CD

secondary

#D19C8F

accent

#6345E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1CD

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

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