#38A3C5#38A3C5

#38A3C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.107 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A3C5
RGB	rgb(56, 163, 197)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -19.11, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 32.44, 233.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0779 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.107 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8020, 31.0635, 57.5012)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A3C5 #C55A38

analogous

#38C5A1 #38A3C5 #385DC5

triadic

#38A3C5 #C538A3 #A3C538

tetradic

#38A3C5 #A138C5 #C55A38 #5DC538

square

#38A3C5 #A138C5 #C55A38 #5DC538

split-complementary

#38A3C5 #C5385D #C5A138

monochromatic

#1D5466 #2A7C95 #38A3C5 #67B9D4 #96CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#38A3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#38A3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A3C5

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A3C5	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909FC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 163, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.107 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bed6',
    500: '#38a3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a3c5;
$custom-light: #81bed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66941,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A3C5

secondary

#CD9C8C

accent

#6D49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A3C5

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

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