#38A2D2#38A2D2

#38A2D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.118 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2D2
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 210)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -14.28, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 36.05, 246.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0722 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.118 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1794, 31.3315, 65.6281)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2D2 #D26838

analogous

#38D2B5 #38A2D2 #3855D2

triadic

#38A2D2 #D238A2 #A2D238

tetradic

#38A2D2 #B538D2 #D26838 #55D238

square

#38A2D2 #B538D2 #D26838 #55D238

split-complementary

#38A2D2 #D23855 #D2B538

monochromatic

#1A5975 #267FA7 #38A2D2 #6AB9DD #9CD1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#38A2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#38A2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2D2

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2D2	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7591D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.118 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bde0',
    500: '#38a2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2d2;
$custom-light: #83bde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67293,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2D2

secondary

#D5A691

accent

#7542E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2D2

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

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