#38A1CA#38A1CA

#38A1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.111 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A1CA
RGB	rgb(56, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -16.41, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 33.86, 241.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0741 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.111 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0321, 30.5919, 60.4512)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A1CA #CA6138

analogous

#38CAAA #38A1CA #3858CA

triadic

#38A1CA #CA38A1 #A1CA38

tetradic

#38A1CA #AA38CA #CA6138 #58CA38

square

#38A1CA #AA38CA #CA6138 #58CA38

split-complementary

#38A1CA #CA3858 #CAAA38

monochromatic

#1D556B #297B9B #38A1CA #68B8D7 #99CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#38A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#38A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A1CA

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A1CA	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.111 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcda',
    500: '#38a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a1ca;
$custom-light: #82bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66686,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A1CA

secondary

#CFA18E

accent

#7247E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A1CA

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

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