#38A2CB#38A2CB

#38A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.112 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2CB
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -16.61, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 33.99, 240.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0747 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.112 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3263, 30.9903, 61.1353)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2CB #CB6138

analogous

#38CBAB #38A2CB #3858CB

triadic

#38A2CB #CB38A2 #A2CB38

tetradic

#38A2CB #AB38CB #CB6138 #58CB38

square

#38A2CB #AB38CB #CB6138 #58CB38

split-complementary

#38A2CB #CB3858 #CBAB38

monochromatic

#1C566C #297D9D #38A2CB #69B9D8 #99CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#38A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#38A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2CB

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2CB	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.112 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bddb',
    500: '#38a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2cb;
$custom-light: #82bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66969,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2CB

secondary

#D0A18F

accent

#7146E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2CB

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

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