#38BEE0#38BEE0

#38BEE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEE0
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 224)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -24.36, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 36.53, 228.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0938 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.121 219)
XYZ	xyz(33.4932, 43.0454, 77.0499)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEE0 #E05A38

analogous

#38E0AE #38BEE0 #386AE0

triadic

#38BEE0 #E038BE #BEE038

tetradic

#38BEE0 #AE38E0 #E05A38 #6AE038

square

#38BEE0 #AE38E0 #E05A38 #6AE038

split-complementary

#38BEE0 #E0386A #E0AE38

monochromatic

#157188 #1D9DBD #38BEE0 #6DCFE8 #A2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38BEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#38BEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEE0

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEE0	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1e9',
    500: '#38bee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bee0;
$custom-light: #87d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.143,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74522,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.43049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEE0

secondary

#DDA597

accent

#5D38F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEE0

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

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