#38B1CF#38B1CF

#38B1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1CF
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -23.17, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 33.91, 226.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0879 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.112 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6108, 36.7867, 64.6120)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1CF #CF5638

analogous

#38CFA2 #38B1CF #3865CF

triadic

#38B1CF #CF38B1 #B1CF38

tetradic

#38B1CF #A238CF #CF5638 #65CF38

square

#38B1CF #A238CF #CF5638 #65CF38

split-complementary

#38B1CF #CF3865 #CFA238

monochromatic

#1B6071 #278AA3 #38B1CF #69C4DB #9BD8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#38B1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1CF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1CF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c8dd',
    500: '#38b1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1cf;
$custom-light: #84c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.921,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70722,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1CF

secondary

#D39D90

accent

#6344E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1CF

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

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