#38A2BC#38A2BC

#38A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.101 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2BC
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -21.49, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 30.87, 225.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0804 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.101 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6245, 30.3096, 52.1725)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2BC #BC5238

analogous

#38BC94 #38A2BC #3860BC

triadic

#38A2BC #BC38A2 #A2BC38

tetradic

#38A2BC #9438BC #BC5238 #60BC38

square

#38A2BC #9438BC #BC5238 #60BC38

split-complementary

#38A2BC #BC3860 #BC9438

monochromatic

#1C515E #2A798D #38A2BC #61BAD0 #90CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#38A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#38A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2BC

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2BC	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.101 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd0',
    500: '#38a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2bc;
$custom-light: #80bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66314,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2BC

secondary

#C99487

accent

#674ADD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2BC

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

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