#38A8CE#38A8CE

#38A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38A8CE
RGBrgb(56, 168, 206)
HSLhsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(195, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.40, -18.82, -28.38)
CIE-LCHlch(64.40, 34.05, 236.46°)
OKLaboklab(68.53% -0.0795 -0.0795)
OKLCHoklch(68.53% 0.112 225)
XYZxyz(26.7695, 33.2991, 63.3971)
Luminance0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38A8CE #CE5E38
analogous
#38CEA9 #38A8CE #385DCE
triadic
#38A8CE #CE38A8 #A8CE38
tetradic
#38A8CE #A938CE #CE5E38 #5DCE38
square
#38A8CE #A938CE #CE5E38 #5DCE38
split-complementary
#38A8CE #CE385D #CEA938
monochromatic
#1C5B70 #2882A1 #38A8CE #69BDDA #9AD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74
#38A8CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66
#38A8CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A8CE
7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38A8CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38A8CE1.002.747.667.66
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6621.001.001.00
##0000007.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A4D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F96CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 225.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2dd',
    500: '#38a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38a8ce;
$custom-light: #83c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68532,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.33302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38A8CE
secondary
#D2A190
accent
#6D44E4
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

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#38A8CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva