#38A4CE#38A4CE

#38A4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.114 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38A4CE
RGBrgb(56, 164, 206)
HSLhsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(197, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.21, -16.69, -30.22)
CIE-LCHlch(63.21, 34.52, 241.09°)
OKLaboklab(67.58% -0.0756 -0.0848)
OKLCHoklch(67.58% 0.114 228.3)
XYZxyz(26.0424, 31.8449, 63.1547)
Luminance0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38A4CE #CE6238
analogous
#38CEAD #38A4CE #3859CE
triadic
#38A4CE #CE38A4 #A4CE38
tetradic
#38A4CE #AD38CE #CE6238 #59CE38
square
#38A4CE #AD38CE #CE6238 #59CE38
split-complementary
#38A4CE #CE3859 #CEAD38
monochromatic
#1C5870 #287FA1 #38A4CE #69BADA #9AD1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85
#38A4CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37
#38A4CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A4CE
7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38A4CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38A4CE1.002.857.377.37
#FFFFFF2.851.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3721.001.001.00
##0000007.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EA1D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A93CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.114 228.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdd',
    500: '#38a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38a4ce;
$custom-light: #82bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67581,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38A4CE
secondary
#D2A290
accent
#7144E4
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#38A4CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva