#38B2E7#38B2E7

#38B2E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2E7
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -15.85, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 39.36, 246.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.08 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.129 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9693, 38.4472, 81.3220)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2E7 #E76D38

analogous

#38E7C4 #38B2E7 #385BE7

triadic

#38B2E7 #E738B2 #B2E738

tetradic

#38B2E7 #C438E7 #E76D38 #5BE738

square

#38B2E7 #C438E7 #E76D38 #5BE738

split-complementary

#38B2E7 #E7385B #E7C438

monochromatic

#126C93 #1894CA #38B2E7 #6FC7EE #A5DCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38B2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38B2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2E7

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2E7	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9ee',
    500: '#38b2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2e7;
$custom-light: #87c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.171,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2E7

secondary

#E1AF99

accent

#6E33F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2E7

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

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