#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
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -23.49, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 33.77, 225.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0883 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.111 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4889, 36.7379, 63.9702)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38B1CE	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B1CE

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

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