#38A3CE#38A3CE

#38A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.114 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A3CE
RGB	rgb(56, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -16.15, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 34.67, 242.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0746 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.114 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8641, 31.4884, 63.0953)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A3CE #CE6338

analogous

#38CEAE #38A3CE #3858CE

triadic

#38A3CE #CE38A3 #A3CE38

tetradic

#38A3CE #AE38CE #CE6338 #58CE38

square

#38A3CE #AE38CE #CE6338 #58CE38

split-complementary

#38A3CE #CE3858 #CEAE38

monochromatic

#1C5870 #287EA1 #38A3CE #69BADA #9AD0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#38A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A3CE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A3CE	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.114 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bedd',
    500: '#38a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a3ce;
$custom-light: #82bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67344,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A3CE

secondary

#D2A390

accent

#7244E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A3CE

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

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