#38A5CD#38A5CD

#38A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.112 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5CD
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -17.55, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 34.12, 239.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0769 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.112 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1010, 32.1558, 62.5768)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5CD #CD6038

analogous

#38CDAA #38A5CD #385ACD

triadic

#38A5CD #CD38A5 #A5CD38

tetradic

#38A5CD #AA38CD #CD6038 #5ACD38

square

#38A5CD #AA38CD #CD6038 #5ACD38

split-complementary

#38A5CD #CD385A #CDAA38

monochromatic

#1C596F #2880A0 #38A5CD #69BBD9 #9AD1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#38A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5CD

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5CD	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.112 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bfdc',
    500: '#38a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5cd;
$custom-light: #82bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67773,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5CD

secondary

#D1A18F

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5CD

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

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