#38A3CD#38A3CD

#38A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.113 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A3CD
RGB	rgb(56, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -16.49, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 34.39, 241.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0749 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.113 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7431, 31.4399, 62.4575)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A3CD #CD6238

analogous

#38CDAC #38A3CD #3858CD

triadic

#38A3CD #CD38A3 #A3CD38

tetradic

#38A3CD #AC38CD #CD6238 #58CD38

square

#38A3CD #AC38CD #CD6238 #58CD38

split-complementary

#38A3CD #CD3858 #CDAC38

monochromatic

#1C576F #287EA0 #38A3CD #69BAD9 #9AD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#38A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A3CD

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A3CD	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.113 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bedc',
    500: '#38a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a3cd;
$custom-light: #82bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67298,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A3CD

secondary

#D1A28F

accent

#7145E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A3CD

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

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