#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
RGBrgb(56, 162, 210)
HSLhsl(199, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(199, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(62.79, -14.28, -33.10)
CIE-LCHlch(62.79, 36.05, 246.67°)
OKLaboklab(67.29% -0.0722 -0.0931)
OKLCHoklch(67.29% 0.118 232.2)
XYZxyz(26.1794, 31.3315, 65.6281)
Luminance0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##38A2D21.002.897.277.27
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2721.001.001.00
##0000007.2721.001.001.00

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

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#38A2D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva