#38A5CE#38A5CE

#38A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5CE
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -17.22, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 34.38, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0765 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.113 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2221, 32.2042, 63.2146)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5CE #CE6138

analogous

#38CEAC #38A5CE #385ACE

triadic

#38A5CE #CE38A5 #A5CE38

tetradic

#38A5CE #AC38CE #CE6138 #5ACE38

square

#38A5CE #AC38CE #CE6138 #5ACE38

split-complementary

#38A5CE #CE385A #CEAC38

monochromatic

#1C5970 #2880A1 #38A5CE #69BBDA #9AD1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#38A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5CE

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5CE	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfdd',
    500: '#38a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5ce;
$custom-light: #83bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67818,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5CE

secondary

#D2A290

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5CE

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

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