#38A8CB#38A8CB

#38A8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.110 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A8CB
RGB	rgb(56, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -19.79, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 33.39, 233.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0806 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.11 223)
XYZ	xyz(26.4086, 33.1547, 61.4960)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A8CB #CB5B38

analogous

#38CBA5 #38A8CB #385ECB

triadic

#38A8CB #CB38A8 #A8CB38

tetradic

#38A8CB #A538CB #CB5B38 #5ECB38

square

#38A8CB #A538CB #CB5B38 #5ECB38

split-complementary

#38A8CB #CB385E #CBA538

monochromatic

#1C596C #29819D #38A8CB #69BDD8 #99D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A8CB

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A8CB	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.110 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2db',
    500: '#38a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a8cb;
$custom-light: #82c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.684,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.33158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A8CB

secondary

#D09E8F

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A8CB

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

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