#38A9CD#38A9CD

#38A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.111 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A9CD
RGB	rgb(56, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -19.67, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 33.75, 234.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0808 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.111 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8338, 33.6213, 62.8211)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A9CD #CD5C38

analogous

#38CDA6 #38A9CD #385ECD

triadic

#38A9CD #CD38A9 #A9CD38

tetradic

#38A9CD #A638CD #CD5C38 #5ECD38

square

#38A9CD #A638CD #CD5C38 #5ECD38

split-complementary

#38A9CD #CD385E #CDA638

monochromatic

#1C5B6F #2883A0 #38A9CD #69BED9 #9AD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#38A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A9CD

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A9CD	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.111 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2dc',
    500: '#38a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a9cd;
$custom-light: #83c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.497,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A9CD

secondary

#D19F8F

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A9CD

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

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