#38A0CE#38A0CE

#38A0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.115 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A0CE
RGB	rgb(56, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -14.53, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 35.20, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0717 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.115 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3378, 30.4357, 62.9198)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A0CE #CE6638

analogous

#38CEB1 #38A0CE #3855CE

triadic

#38A0CE #CE38A0 #A0CE38

tetradic

#38A0CE #B138CE #CE6638 #55CE38

square

#38A0CE #B138CE #CE6638 #55CE38

split-complementary

#38A0CE #CE3855 #CEB138

monochromatic

#1C5670 #287CA1 #38A0CE #69B7DA #9ACFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#38A0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#38A0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A0CE

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A0CE	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.115 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcdd',
    500: '#38a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a0ce;
$custom-light: #82bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66634,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A0CE

secondary

#D2A490

accent

#7544E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A0CE

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

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