#38B3CC#38B3CC

#38B3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B3CC
RGBrgb(56, 179, 204)
HSLhsl(190, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.60, -25.13, -22.36)
CIE-LCHlch(67.60, 33.64, 221.66°)
OKLaboklab(71.08% -0.091 -0.0623)
OKLCHoklch(71.08% 0.11 214.4)
XYZxyz(28.6454, 37.4372, 62.8314)
Luminance0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B3CC #CC5138
analogous
#38CC9B #38B3CC #3869CC
triadic
#38B3CC #CC38B3 #B3CC38
tetradic
#38B3CC #9B38CC #CC5138 #69CC38
square
#38B3CC #9B38CC #CC5138 #69CC38
split-complementary
#38B3CC #CC3869 #CC9B38
monochromatic
#1C606E #298A9E #38B3CC #69C6D8 #99D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#38B3CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49
#38B3CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3CC
8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B3CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B3CC1.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1ADCD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D9ECC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 214.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cadb',
    500: '#38b3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b3cc;
$custom-light: #83cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.135,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71078,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B3CC
secondary
#D19A8F
accent
#6045E2
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3CC

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#38B3CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva