#38B2CF#38B2CF

#38B2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2CF
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -23.68, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 33.93, 225.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0888 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.112 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8090, 37.1831, 64.6781)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2CF #CF5538

analogous

#38CFA1 #38B2CF #3867CF

triadic

#38B2CF #CF38B2 #B2CF38

tetradic

#38B2CF #A138CF #CF5538 #67CF38

square

#38B2CF #A138CF #CF5538 #67CF38

split-complementary

#38B2CF #CF3867 #CFA138

monochromatic

#1B6171 #278BA3 #38B2CF #69C5DB #9BD8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#38B2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2CF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2CF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9dd',
    500: '#38b2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2cf;
$custom-light: #84c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.523,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2CF

secondary

#D39D90

accent

#6244E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2CF

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

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