#38A8CD#38A8CD

#38A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A8CD
RGB	rgb(56, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -19.14, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 33.83, 235.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0798 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.112 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6484, 33.2507, 62.7593)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A8CD #CD5D38

analogous

#38CDA7 #38A8CD #385DCD

triadic

#38A8CD #CD38A8 #A8CD38

tetradic

#38A8CD #A738CD #CD5D38 #5DCD38

square

#38A8CD #A738CD #CD5D38 #5DCD38

split-complementary

#38A8CD #CD385D #CDA738

monochromatic

#1C5A6F #2882A0 #38A8CD #69BDD9 #9AD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#38A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A8CD

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A8CD	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2dc',
    500: '#38a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a8cd;
$custom-light: #83c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68487,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A8CD

secondary

#D1A08F

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A8CD

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

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