#38B7E7#38B7E7

#38B7E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.127 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7E7
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -18.49, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 38.50, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0847 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.127 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9823, 40.4733, 81.6596)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7E7 #E76838

analogous

#38E7C0 #38B7E7 #3860E7

triadic

#38B7E7 #E738B7 #B7E738

tetradic

#38B7E7 #C038E7 #E76838 #60E738

square

#38B7E7 #C038E7 #E76838 #60E738

split-complementary

#38B7E7 #E73860 #E7C038

monochromatic

#126F93 #1899CA #38B7E7 #6FCBEE #A5DFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38B7E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38B7E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7E7

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7E7	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.127 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ccee',
    500: '#38b7e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7e7;
$custom-light: #87ccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.457,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7E7

secondary

#E1AD99

accent

#6833F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7E7

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

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