#38B6E7#38B6E7

#38B6E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6E7
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -17.97, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 38.65, 242.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0837 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.128 229)
XYZ	xyz(32.7768, 40.0622, 81.5911)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6E7 #E76938

analogous

#38E7C1 #38B6E7 #385FE7

triadic

#38B6E7 #E738B6 #B6E738

tetradic

#38B6E7 #C138E7 #E76938 #5FE738

square

#38B6E7 #C138E7 #E76938 #5FE738

split-complementary

#38B6E7 #E7385F #E7C138

monochromatic

#126F93 #1898CA #38B6E7 #6FCAEE #A5DEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38B6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38B6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6E7

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6E7	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccee',
    500: '#38b6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6e7;
$custom-light: #87ccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72949,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6E7

secondary

#E1AE99

accent

#6933F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6E7

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

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