#38A5C2#38A5C2

#38A5C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.105 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5C2
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 194)
HSL	hsl(193, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -21.13, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 31.82, 228.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0811 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.105 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8196, 31.6432, 55.8282)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5C2 #C25538

analogous

#38C29A #38A5C2 #3860C2

triadic

#38A5C2 #C238A5 #A5C238

tetradic

#38A5C2 #9A38C2 #C25538 #60C238

square

#38A5C2 #9A38C2 #C25538 #60C238

split-complementary

#38A5C2 #C23860 #C29A38

monochromatic

#1D5463 #2A7D93 #38A5C2 #65BBD2 #94D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#38A5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#38A5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5C2

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5C2	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.105 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0d4',
    500: '#38a5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5c2;
$custom-light: #81c0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67293,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5C2

secondary

#CB988A

accent

#6949DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5C2

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

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