#38BAE6#38BAE6

#38BAE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAE6
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -20.38, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 37.88, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0878 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.125 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4668, 41.6677, 81.1264)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAE6 #E66438

analogous

#38E6BB #38BAE6 #3863E6

triadic

#38BAE6 #E638BA #BAE638

tetradic

#38BAE6 #BB38E6 #E66438 #63E638

square

#38BAE6 #BB38E6 #E66438 #63E638

split-complementary

#38BAE6 #E63863 #E6BB38

monochromatic

#127191 #199CC8 #38BAE6 #6ECDED #A5E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#38BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAE6

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAE6	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ceee',
    500: '#38bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bae6;
$custom-light: #87ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.172,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73839,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAE6

secondary

#E1AB99

accent

#6434F4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAE6

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

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