#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
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -24.82, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 33.74, 222.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0906 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.111 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7658, 37.4853, 63.4651)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38B3CD	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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