#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
RGB	rgb(56, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -17.68, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 33.74, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0767 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.111 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6814, 31.7005, 61.2536)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38A4CB	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)

#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

Preview with #38A4CB

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

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