#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
RGBrgb(56, 162, 206)
HSLhsl(198, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(198, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.62, -15.62, -31.14)
CIE-LCHlch(62.62, 34.83, 243.36°)
OKLaboklab(67.11% -0.0736 -0.0874)
OKLCHoklch(67.11% 0.114 229.9)
XYZxyz(25.6873, 31.1347, 63.0363)
Luminance0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##38A2CE1.002.917.237.23
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2321.001.001.00
##0000007.2321.001.001.00

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

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#38A2CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva