#38B3CD#38B3CD

#38B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B3CD
RGBrgb(56, 179, 205)
HSLhsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.64, -24.82, -22.86)
CIE-LCHlch(67.64, 33.74, 222.65°)
OKLaboklab(71.12% -0.0906 -0.0637)
OKLCHoklch(71.12% 0.111 215.1)
XYZxyz(28.7658, 37.4853, 63.4651)
Luminance0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B3CD #CD5238
analogous
#38CD9C #38B3CD #3868CD
triadic
#38B3CD #CD38B3 #B3CD38
tetradic
#38B3CD #9C38CD #CD5238 #68CD38
square
#38B3CD #9C38CD #CD5238 #68CD38
split-complementary
#38B3CD #CD3868 #CD9C38
monochromatic
#1C606F #288BA0 #38B3CD #69C6D9 #9AD8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#38B3CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50
#38B3CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3CD
8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B3CD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B3CD1.002.478.508.50
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5021.001.001.00
##0000008.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1ADCE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C9ECD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 215.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cadc',
    500: '#38b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b3cd;
$custom-light: #84cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71118,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B3CD
secondary
#D19B8F
accent
#6045E3
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3CD

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#38B3CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva