#38A3D2#38A3D2

#38A3D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A3D2
RGB	rgb(56, 163, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -14.82, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 35.85, 245.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0732 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.117 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3563, 31.6852, 65.6871)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A3D2 #D26738

analogous

#38D2B4 #38A3D2 #3856D2

triadic

#38A3D2 #D238A3 #A3D238

tetradic

#38A3D2 #B438D2 #D26738 #56D238

square

#38A3D2 #B438D2 #D26738 #56D238

split-complementary

#38A3D2 #D23856 #D2B438

monochromatic

#1A5975 #2680A7 #38A3D2 #6ABADD #9CD1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38A3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#38A3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A3D2

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A3D2	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7792D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 163, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bee0',
    500: '#38a3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a3d2;
$custom-light: #83bee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.312,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67529,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A3D2

secondary

#D5A691

accent

#7442E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A3D2

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

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