#38A5CF#38A5CF

#38A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.114 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A5CF
RGB	rgb(56, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -16.89, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 34.65, 240.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0762 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.114 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3439, 32.2529, 63.8564)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A5CF #CF6238

analogous

#38CFAE #38A5CF #385ACF

triadic

#38A5CF #CF38A5 #A5CF38

tetradic

#38A5CF #AE38CF #CF6238 #5ACF38

square

#38A5CF #AE38CF #CF6238 #5ACF38

split-complementary

#38A5CF #CF385A #CFAE38

monochromatic

#1B5971 #2780A3 #38A5CF #69BBDB #9BD2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#38A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A5CF

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A5CF	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.114 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bfdd',
    500: '#38a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a5cf;
$custom-light: #83bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67864,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A5CF

secondary

#D3A390

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A5CF

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

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