#38BBEA#38BBEA

#38BBEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBEA
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -19.59, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 38.73, 239.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0873 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.128 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2464, 42.3178, 84.1892)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBEA #EA6738

analogous

#38EAC0 #38BBEA #3862EA

triadic

#38BBEA #EA38BB #BBEA38

tetradic

#38BBEA #C038EA #EA6738 #62EA38

square

#38BBEA #C038EA #EA6738 #62EA38

split-complementary

#38BBEA #EA3862 #EAC038

monochromatic

#107498 #169ECF #38BBEA #6FCEF0 #A7E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#38BBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBEA

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBEA	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cff1',
    500: '#38bbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbea;
$custom-light: #88cff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.843,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBEA

secondary

#E3AE9B

accent

#6530F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBEA

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

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