#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
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -25.13, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 33.64, 221.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.091 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.11 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6454, 37.4372, 62.8314)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38B3CC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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