#38B2CD#38B2CD

#38B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2CD
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -24.31, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 33.68, 223.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0896 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.111 216)
XYZ	xyz(28.5661, 37.0860, 63.3985)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2CD #CD5338

analogous

#38CD9D #38B2CD #3867CD

triadic

#38B2CD #CD38B2 #B2CD38

tetradic

#38B2CD #9D38CD #CD5338 #67CD38

square

#38B2CD #9D38CD #CD5338 #67CD38

split-complementary

#38B2CD #CD3867 #CD9D38

monochromatic

#1C606F #288AA0 #38B2CD #69C5D9 #9AD8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#38B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2CD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2CD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9dc',
    500: '#38b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2cd;
$custom-light: #83c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.37089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2CD

secondary

#D19B8F

accent

#6145E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2CD

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

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