#38A4CB#38A4CB

#38A4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.111 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38A4CB
RGBrgb(56, 164, 203)
HSLhsl(196, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(196, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.09, -17.68, -28.73)
CIE-LCHlch(63.09, 33.74, 238.39°)
OKLaboklab(67.44% -0.0767 -0.0805)
OKLCHoklch(67.44% 0.111 226.4)
XYZxyz(25.6814, 31.7005, 61.2536)
Luminance0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38A4CB #CB5F38
analogous
#38CBA8 #38A4CB #385ACB
triadic
#38A4CB #CB38A4 #A4CB38
tetradic
#38A4CB #A838CB #CB5F38 #5ACB38
square
#38A4CB #A838CB #CB5F38 #5ACB38
split-complementary
#38A4CB #CB385A #CBA838
monochromatic
#1C576C #297E9D #38A4CB #69BAD8 #99D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86
#38A4CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34
#38A4CB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A4CB
7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38A4CB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38A4CB1.002.867.347.34
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3421.001.001.00
##0000007.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA1CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B92CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.111 226.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdb',
    500: '#38a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38a4cb;
$custom-light: #82bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67445,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38A4CB
secondary
#D0A08F
accent
#6F46E2
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#38A4CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva