#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
RGBrgb(56, 187, 224)
HSLhsl(193, 73%, 55%)
HSVhsv(193, 75%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.70, -22.84, -28.57)
CIE-LCHlch(70.70, 36.58, 231.36°)
OKLaboklab(73.81% -0.091 -0.0799)
OKLCHoklch(73.81% 0.121 221.3)
XYZxyz(32.8501, 41.7593, 76.8356)
Luminance0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##38BBE01.002.259.359.35
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3521.001.001.00
##0000009.3521.001.001.00

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

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#38BBE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva