#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
RGBrgb(56, 160, 206)
HSLhsl(198, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(198, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.03, -14.53, -32.05)
CIE-LCHlch(62.03, 35.20, 245.61°)
OKLaboklab(66.63% -0.0717 -0.0901)
OKLCHoklch(66.63% 0.115 231.5)
XYZxyz(25.3378, 30.4357, 62.9198)
Luminance0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38A0CE1.002.967.097.09
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0921.001.001.00
##0000007.0921.001.001.00

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

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#38A0CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva