#38BDEA#38BDEA

#38BDEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDEA
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -20.63, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 38.51, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0892 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.128 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6736, 43.1723, 84.3316)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDEA #EA6538

analogous

#38EABE #38BDEA #3864EA

triadic

#38BDEA #EA38BD #BDEA38

tetradic

#38BDEA #BE38EA #EA6538 #64EA38

square

#38BDEA #BE38EA #EA6538 #64EA38

split-complementary

#38BDEA #EA3864 #EABE38

monochromatic

#107598 #16A0CF #38BDEA #6FCFF0 #A7E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38BDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#38BDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDEA

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDEA	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1f1',
    500: '#38bdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdea;
$custom-light: #88d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.169,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74716,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDEA

secondary

#E3AD9B

accent

#6330F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDEA

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

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