#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
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -20.90, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 37.79, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0888 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.125 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6782, 42.0905, 81.1969)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##38BBE6	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BBE6

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

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