#38A3CB#38A3CB

#38A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.111 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A3CB
RGB	rgb(56, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -17.15, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 33.86, 239.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0757 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.111 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5032, 31.3440, 61.1942)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A3CB #CB6038

analogous

#38CBAA #38A3CB #3859CB

triadic

#38A3CB #CB38A3 #A3CB38

tetradic

#38A3CB #AA38CB #CB6038 #59CB38

square

#38A3CB #AA38CB #CB6038 #59CB38

split-complementary

#38A3CB #CB3859 #CBAA38

monochromatic

#1C576C #297D9D #38A3CB #69B9D8 #99D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#38A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#38A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A3CB

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A3CB	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)

#8EA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.111 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bedb',
    500: '#38a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a3cb;
$custom-light: #82bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67207,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A3CB

secondary

#D0A18F

accent

#7046E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A3CB

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

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