#38A5CA#38A5CA

#38A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.110 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5CA
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -18.54, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 33.40, 236.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.078 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.11 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7423, 32.0123, 60.6880)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5CA #CA5D38

analogous

#38CAA6 #38A5CA #385CCA

triadic

#38A5CA #CA38A5 #A5CA38

tetradic

#38A5CA #A638CA #CA5D38 #5CCA38

square

#38A5CA #A638CA #CA5D38 #5CCA38

split-complementary

#38A5CA #CA385C #CAA638

monochromatic

#1D576B #297F9B #38A5CA #68BBD7 #99D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#38A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#38A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5CA

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5CA	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.110 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfda',
    500: '#38a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5ca;
$custom-light: #82bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67639,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5CA

secondary

#CF9F8E

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5CA

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

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