#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
RGBrgb(56, 162, 203)
HSLhsl(197, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(197, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(62.50, -16.61, -29.65)
CIE-LCHlch(62.50, 33.99, 240.74°)
OKLaboklab(66.97% -0.0747 -0.0832)
OKLCHoklch(66.97% 0.112 228.1)
XYZxyz(25.3263, 30.9903, 61.1353)
Luminance0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##38A2CB1.002.927.207.20
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2021.001.001.00
##0000007.2021.001.001.00

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

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#38A2CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva