#38B2CB#38B2CB

#38B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2CB
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -24.94, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 33.47, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0904 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.11 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3262, 36.9900, 62.1352)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2CB #CB5138

analogous

#38CB9A #38B2CB #3868CB

triadic

#38B2CB #CB38B2 #B2CB38

tetradic

#38B2CB #9A38CB #CB5138 #68CB38

square

#38B2CB #9A38CB #CB5138 #68CB38

split-complementary

#38B2CB #CB3868 #CB9A38

monochromatic

#1C5F6C #29899D #38B2CB #69C5D8 #99D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2CB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2CB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9da',
    500: '#38b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2cb;
$custom-light: #83c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.204,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70797,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2CB

secondary

#D09A8F

accent

#6146E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2CB

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

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