#38A5CC#38A5CC

#38A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.112 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5CC
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -17.88, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 33.87, 238.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0773 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.112 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9807, 32.1076, 61.9432)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5CC #CC5F38

analogous

#38CCA9 #38A5CC #385BCC

triadic

#38A5CC #CC38A5 #A5CC38

tetradic

#38A5CC #A938CC #CC5F38 #5BCC38

square

#38A5CC #A938CC #CC5F38 #5BCC38

split-complementary

#38A5CC #CC385B #CCA938

monochromatic

#1C586E #297F9E #38A5CC #69BBD8 #99D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#38A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5CC

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5CC	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.112 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdb',
    500: '#38a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5cc;
$custom-light: #82bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67728,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5CC

secondary

#D1A08F

accent

#6F45E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5CC

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

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