#38A2CD#38A2CD

#38A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2CD
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -15.95, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 34.54, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.074 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.113 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5662, 31.0862, 62.3986)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2CD #CD6338

analogous

#38CDAD #38A2CD #3857CD

triadic

#38A2CD #CD38A2 #A2CD38

tetradic

#38A2CD #AD38CD #CD6338 #57CD38

square

#38A2CD #AD38CD #CD6338 #57CD38

split-complementary

#38A2CD #CD3857 #CDAD38

monochromatic

#1C576F #287DA0 #38A2CD #69B9D9 #9AD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#38A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#38A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2CD

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2CD	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bddc',
    500: '#38a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2cd;
$custom-light: #82bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67061,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2CD

secondary

#D1A28F

accent

#7245E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2CD

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

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