#38A7CD#38A7CD

#38A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.112 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A7CD
RGB	rgb(56, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -18.62, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 33.91, 236.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0789 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.112 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4645, 32.8829, 62.6980)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A7CD #CD5E38

analogous

#38CDA8 #38A7CD #385CCD

triadic

#38A7CD #CD38A7 #A7CD38

tetradic

#38A7CD #A838CD #CD5E38 #5CCD38

square

#38A7CD #A838CD #CD5E38 #5CCD38

split-complementary

#38A7CD #CD385C #CDA838

monochromatic

#1C5A6F #2881A0 #38A7CD #69BDD9 #9AD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#38A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A7CD

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A7CD	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.112 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c1dc',
    500: '#38a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a7cd;
$custom-light: #83c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A7CD

secondary

#D1A08F

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A7CD

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

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