#38B4CE#38B4CE

#38B4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4CE
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -25.01, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 33.91, 222.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0912 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.111 215)
XYZ	xyz(29.0880, 37.9361, 64.1699)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4CE #CE5238

analogous

#38CE9D #38B4CE #3869CE

triadic

#38B4CE #CE38B4 #B4CE38

tetradic

#38B4CE #9D38CE #CE5238 #69CE38

square

#38B4CE #9D38CE #CE5238 #69CE38

split-complementary

#38B4CE #CE3869 #CE9D38

monochromatic

#1C6170 #288CA1 #38B4CE #69C7DA #9AD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#38B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4CE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4CE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cadd',
    500: '#38b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4ce;
$custom-light: #84cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.3794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4CE

secondary

#D29B90

accent

#6044E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4CE

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

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