#38A4CD#38A4CD

#38A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.113 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A4CD
RGB	rgb(56, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -17.02, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 34.25, 240.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0759 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.113 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9213, 31.7964, 62.5170)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A4CD #CD6138

analogous

#38CDAB #38A4CD #3859CD

triadic

#38A4CD #CD38A4 #A4CD38

tetradic

#38A4CD #AB38CD #CD6138 #59CD38

square

#38A4CD #AB38CD #CD6138 #59CD38

split-complementary

#38A4CD #CD3859 #CDAB38

monochromatic

#1C586F #287FA0 #38A4CD #69BAD9 #9AD1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#38A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A4CD

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A4CD	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.113 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdc',
    500: '#38a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a4cd;
$custom-light: #82bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.51,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67536,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A4CD

secondary

#D1A28F

accent

#7045E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A4CD

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

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