#38A2CA#38A2CA

#38A2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.111 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2CA
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -16.94, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 33.72, 239.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0751 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.111 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2076, 30.9428, 60.5097)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2CA #CA6038

analogous

#38CAA9 #38A2CA #3859CA

triadic

#38A2CA #CA38A2 #A2CA38

tetradic

#38A2CA #A938CA #CA6038 #59CA38

square

#38A2CA #A938CA #CA6038 #59CA38

split-complementary

#38A2CA #CA3859 #CAA938

monochromatic

#1D566B #297C9B #38A2CA #68B9D7 #99CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#38A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#38A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2CA

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2CA	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.111 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bdda',
    500: '#38a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2ca;
$custom-light: #82bdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66924,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2CA

secondary

#CFA08E

accent

#7147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2CA

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

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