#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
RGB	rgb(56, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -18.82, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 34.05, 236.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0795 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.112 225)
XYZ	xyz(26.7695, 33.2991, 63.3971)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38A8CE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A8CE

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

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