#38B4CD#38B4CD

#38B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4CD
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -25.32, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 33.81, 221.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0916 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.111 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9669, 37.8876, 63.5322)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4CD #CD5138

analogous

#38CD9B #38B4CD #3869CD

triadic

#38B4CD #CD38B4 #B4CD38

tetradic

#38B4CD #9B38CD #CD5138 #69CD38

square

#38B4CD #9B38CD #CD5138 #69CD38

split-complementary

#38B4CD #CD3869 #CD9B38

monochromatic

#1C616F #288CA0 #38B4CD #69C6D9 #9AD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#38B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4CD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4CD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cadc',
    500: '#38b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4cd;
$custom-light: #84cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.067,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4CD

secondary

#D19B8F

accent

#5F45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4CD

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

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