#38A0CD#38A0CD

#38A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A0CD
RGB	rgb(56, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -14.87, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 34.89, 244.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.072 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.114 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2167, 30.3872, 62.2821)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A0CD #CD6538

analogous

#38CDAF #38A0CD #3855CD

triadic

#38A0CD #CD38A0 #A0CD38

tetradic

#38A0CD #AF38CD #CD6538 #55CD38

square

#38A0CD #AF38CD #CD6538 #55CD38

split-complementary

#38A0CD #CD3855 #CDAF38

monochromatic

#1C566F #287CA0 #38A0CD #69B7D9 #9ACFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#38A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#38A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A0CD

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A0CD	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcdc',
    500: '#38a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a0cd;
$custom-light: #82bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A0CD

secondary

#D1A38F

accent

#7545E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A0CD

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

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