#38A2CE#38A2CE

#38A2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.114 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2CE
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -15.62, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 34.83, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0736 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.114 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6873, 31.1347, 63.0363)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2CE #CE6438

analogous

#38CEAF #38A2CE #3857CE

triadic

#38A2CE #CE38A2 #A2CE38

tetradic

#38A2CE #AF38CE #CE6438 #57CE38

square

#38A2CE #AF38CE #CE6438 #57CE38

split-complementary

#38A2CE #CE3857 #CEAF38

monochromatic

#1C5770 #287EA1 #38A2CE #69B9DA #9AD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#38A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#38A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2CE

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2CE	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.114 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bddd',
    500: '#38a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2ce;
$custom-light: #82bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67107,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2CE

secondary

#D2A390

accent

#7344E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2CE

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

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