#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
RGBrgb(56, 166, 203)
HSLhsl(195, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(195, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.69, -18.74, -27.81)
CIE-LCHlch(63.69, 33.54, 236.03°)
OKLaboklab(67.92% -0.0786 -0.0779)
OKLCHoklch(67.92% 0.111 224.7)
XYZxyz(26.0422, 32.4220, 61.3739)
Luminance0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##38A6CB1.002.817.497.49
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4921.001.001.00
##0000007.4921.001.001.00

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

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#38A6CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva