#38BBE6#38BBE6

#38BBE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BBE6
RGBrgb(56, 187, 230)
HSLhsl(195, 78%, 56%)
HSVhsv(195, 76%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(75.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.93, -20.90, -31.48)
CIE-LCHlch(70.93, 37.79, 236.42°)
OKLaboklab(74.07% -0.0888 -0.0883)
OKLCHoklch(74.07% 0.125 224.8)
XYZxyz(33.6782, 42.0905, 81.1969)
Luminance0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BBE6 #E66338
analogous
#38E6BA #38BBE6 #3864E6
triadic
#38BBE6 #E638BB #BBE638
tetradic
#38BBE6 #BA38E6 #E66338 #64E638
square
#38BBE6 #BA38E6 #E66338 #64E638
split-complementary
#38BBE6 #E63864 #E6BA38
monochromatic
#127291 #199DC8 #38BBE6 #6ECEED #A5E0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38BBE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42
#38BBE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBE6
9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BBE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BBE61.002.239.429.42
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4221.001.001.00
##0000009.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B7E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA6E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 224.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfee',
    500: '#38bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bbe6;
$custom-light: #88cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.828,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74073,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BBE6
secondary
#E1AB99
accent
#6334F4
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F9FD
border
#CBD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#38BBE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva