#38A6CA#38A6CA

#38A6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.110 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A6CA
RGB	rgb(56, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -19.07, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 33.31, 235.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.079 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.11 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9234, 32.3744, 60.7483)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A6CA #CA5C38

analogous

#38CAA5 #38A6CA #385DCA

triadic

#38A6CA #CA38A6 #A6CA38

tetradic

#38A6CA #A538CA #CA5C38 #5DCA38

square

#38A6CA #A538CA #CA5C38 #5DCA38

split-complementary

#38A6CA #CA385D #CAA538

monochromatic

#1D586B #297F9B #38A6CA #68BCD7 #99D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#38A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A6CA

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A6CA	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.110 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0da',
    500: '#38a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a6ca;
$custom-light: #82c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67878,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A6CA

secondary

#CF9E8E

accent

#6D47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A6CA

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

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