#38BCEA#38BCEA

#38BCEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCEA
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -20.11, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 38.61, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0882 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.128 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4593, 42.7435, 84.2601)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCEA #EA6638

analogous

#38EABF #38BCEA #3863EA

triadic

#38BCEA #EA38BC #BCEA38

tetradic

#38BCEA #BF38EA #EA6638 #63EA38

square

#38BCEA #BF38EA #EA6638 #63EA38

split-complementary

#38BCEA #EA3863 #EABF38

monochromatic

#107598 #169FCF #38BCEA #6FCFF0 #A7E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38BCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#38BCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCEA

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCEA	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0f1',
    500: '#38bcea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcea;
$custom-light: #88d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCEA

secondary

#E3AD9B

accent

#6430F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCEA

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

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