#38BAE0#38BAE0

#38BAE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAE0
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -22.33, -29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 36.62, 232.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.09 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.121 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6387, 41.3365, 76.7651)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAE0 #E05E38

analogous

#38E0B2 #38BAE0 #3866E0

triadic

#38BAE0 #E038BA #BAE038

tetradic

#38BAE0 #B238E0 #E05E38 #66E038

square

#38BAE0 #B238E0 #E05E38 #66E038

split-complementary

#38BAE0 #E03866 #E0B238

monochromatic

#156E88 #1D99BD #38BAE0 #6DCCE8 #A2DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#38BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAE0

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAE0	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfe9',
    500: '#38bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bae0;
$custom-light: #87cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.571,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAE0

secondary

#DDA797

accent

#6238F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAE0

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

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