#38A5CB#38A5CB

#38A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.111 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5CB
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -18.21, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 33.63, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0776 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.111 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8611, 32.0598, 61.3135)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5CB #CB5E38

analogous

#38CBA7 #38A5CB #385BCB

triadic

#38A5CB #CB38A5 #A5CB38

tetradic

#38A5CB #A738CB #CB5E38 #5BCB38

square

#38A5CB #A738CB #CB5E38 #5BCB38

split-complementary

#38A5CB #CB385B #CBA738

monochromatic

#1C586C #297F9D #38A5CB #69BBD8 #99D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#38A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5CB

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5CB	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.111 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdb',
    500: '#38a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5cb;
$custom-light: #82bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67684,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5CB

secondary

#D0A08F

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5CB

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

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