#38A6CB#38A6CB

#38A6CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A6CB
RGB	rgb(56, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -18.74, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 33.54, 236.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0786 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.111 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0422, 32.4220, 61.3739)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A6CB #CB5D38

analogous

#38CBA6 #38A6CB #385CCB

triadic

#38A6CB #CB38A6 #A6CB38

tetradic

#38A6CB #A638CB #CB5D38 #5CCB38

square

#38A6CB #A638CB #CB5D38 #5CCB38

split-complementary

#38A6CB #CB385C #CBA638

monochromatic

#1C586C #29809D #38A6CB #69BCD8 #99D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38A6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#38A6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A6CB

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A6CB	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0db',
    500: '#38a6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a6cb;
$custom-light: #82c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67922,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A6CB

secondary

#D09F8F

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A6CB

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

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