#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
RGBrgb(56, 182, 231)
HSLhsl(197, 78%, 56%)
HSVhsv(197, 76%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(75.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.51, -17.97, -34.22)
CIE-LCHlch(69.51, 38.65, 242.30°)
OKLaboklab(72.95% -0.0837 -0.0962)
OKLCHoklch(72.95% 0.128 229)
XYZxyz(32.7768, 40.0622, 81.5911)
Luminance0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38B6E71.002.339.019.01
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0121.001.001.00
##0000009.0121.001.001.00

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

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#38B6E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva