#38A0CB#38A0CB

#38A0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.113 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A0CB
RGB	rgb(56, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -15.54, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 34.29, 243.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0727 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.113 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9768, 30.2913, 61.0188)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A0CB #CB6338

analogous

#38CBAC #38A0CB #3856CB

triadic

#38A0CB #CB38A0 #A0CB38

tetradic

#38A0CB #AC38CB #CB6338 #56CB38

square

#38A0CB #AC38CB #CB6338 #56CB38

split-complementary

#38A0CB #CB3856 #CBAC38

monochromatic

#1C556C #297B9D #38A0CB #69B7D8 #99CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#38A0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#38A0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A0CB

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A0CB	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.113 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcdb',
    500: '#38a0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a0cb;
$custom-light: #82bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66494,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A0CB

secondary

#D0A28F

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A0CB

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

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