#38B5E7#38B5E7

#38B5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5E7
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -17.44, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 38.81, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0828 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.128 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5727, 39.6541, 81.5231)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5E7 #E76A38

analogous

#38E7C2 #38B5E7 #385EE7

triadic

#38B5E7 #E738B5 #B5E738

tetradic

#38B5E7 #C238E7 #E76A38 #5EE738

square

#38B5E7 #C238E7 #E76A38 #5EE738

split-complementary

#38B5E7 #E7385E #E7C238

monochromatic

#126E93 #1897CA #38B5E7 #6FC9EE #A5DEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38B5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38B5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5E7

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5E7	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cbee',
    500: '#38b5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5e7;
$custom-light: #87cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5E7

secondary

#E1AE99

accent

#6A33F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5E7

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

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