#38A7CB#38A7CB

#38A7CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A7CB
RGB	rgb(56, 167, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -19.27, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 33.46, 234.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0796 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.11 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2247, 32.7869, 61.4347)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A7CB #CB5C38

analogous

#38CBA5 #38A7CB #385DCB

triadic

#38A7CB #CB38A7 #A7CB38

tetradic

#38A7CB #A538CB #CB5C38 #5DCB38

square

#38A7CB #A538CB #CB5C38 #5DCB38

split-complementary

#38A7CB #CB385D #CBA538

monochromatic

#1C596C #29809D #38A7CB #69BCD8 #99D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38A7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#38A7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A7CB

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A7CB	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 167, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c1db',
    500: '#38a7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a7cb;
$custom-light: #82c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A7CB

secondary

#D09F8F

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A7CB

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

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