#38A5BE#38A5BE

#38A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.103 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5BE
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -22.41, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 31.25, 224.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0827 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.103 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3764, 31.4659, 53.4940)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5BE #BE5138

analogous

#38BE94 #38A5BE #3862BE

triadic

#38A5BE #BE38A5 #A5BE38

tetradic

#38A5BE #9438BE #BE5138 #62BE38

square

#38A5BE #9438BE #BE5138 #62BE38

split-complementary

#38A5BE #BE3862 #BE9438

monochromatic

#1C535F #2A7C8F #38A5BE #62BCD1 #92D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#38A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5BE

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5BE	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.103 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0d1',
    500: '#38a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5be;
$custom-light: #80c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67125,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5BE

secondary

#CA9488

accent

#664ADE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5BE

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

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