#38A2C8#38A2C8

#38A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2C8
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -17.60, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 33.21, 237.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0758 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.109 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9723, 30.8487, 59.2707)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2C8 #C85E38

analogous

#38C8A6 #38A2C8 #385AC8

triadic

#38A2C8 #C838A2 #A2C838

tetradic

#38A2C8 #A638C8 #C85E38 #5AC838

square

#38A2C8 #A638C8 #C85E38 #5AC838

split-complementary

#38A2C8 #C8385A #C8A638

monochromatic

#1D5569 #2A7B99 #38A2C8 #68B8D5 #98CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#38A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#38A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2C8

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2C8	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bdd8',
    500: '#38a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2c8;
$custom-light: #82bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66834,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2C8

secondary

#CE9F8E

accent

#7048E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2C8

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

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