#38B1CE#38B1CE

#38B1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B1CE
RGBrgb(56, 177, 206)
HSLhsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.08, -23.49, -24.27)
CIE-LCHlch(67.08, 33.77, 225.94°)
OKLaboklab(70.68% -0.0883 -0.0677)
OKLCHoklch(70.68% 0.111 217.5)
XYZxyz(28.4889, 36.7379, 63.9702)
Luminance0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B1CE #CE5538
analogous
#38CEA0 #38B1CE #3866CE
triadic
#38B1CE #CE38B1 #B1CE38
tetradic
#38B1CE #A038CE #CE5538 #66CE38
square
#38B1CE #A038CE #CE5538 #66CE38
split-complementary
#38B1CE #CE3866 #CEA038
monochromatic
#1C6070 #288AA1 #38B1CE #69C4DA #9AD7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#38B1CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35
#38B1CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1CE
8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B1CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B1CE1.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EACD0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A9DCE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 217.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8dd',
    500: '#38b1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b1ce;
$custom-light: #83c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7068,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B1CE
secondary
#D29D90
accent
#6344E4
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38B1CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva