#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
RGB	rgb(56, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -16.69, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 34.52, 241.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0756 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.114 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0424, 31.8449, 63.1547)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38A4CE	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38A4CE

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

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