#38BBE0#38BBE0

#38BBE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.121 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBE0
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 224)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -22.84, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 36.58, 231.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.091 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.121 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8501, 41.7593, 76.8356)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBE0 #E05D38

analogous

#38E0B1 #38BBE0 #3867E0

triadic

#38BBE0 #E038BB #BBE038

tetradic

#38BBE0 #B138E0 #E05D38 #67E038

square

#38BBE0 #B138E0 #E05D38 #67E038

split-complementary

#38BBE0 #E03867 #E0B138

monochromatic

#156F88 #1D9ABD #38BBE0 #6DCDE8 #A2DFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#38BBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBE0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBE0	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.121 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfe9',
    500: '#38bbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbe0;
$custom-light: #87cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.214,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73814,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBE0

secondary

#DDA697

accent

#6138F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBE0

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

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