#38BEEA#38BEEA

#38BEEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEEA
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -21.15, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 38.41, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0901 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.127 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8895, 43.6039, 84.4035)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEEA #EA6438

analogous

#38EABD #38BEEA #3865EA

triadic

#38BEEA #EA38BE #BEEA38

tetradic

#38BEEA #BD38EA #EA6438 #65EA38

square

#38BEEA #BD38EA #EA6438 #65EA38

split-complementary

#38BEEA #EA3865 #EABD38

monochromatic

#107698 #16A1CF #38BEEA #6FD0F0 #A7E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38BEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#38BEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEEA

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEEA	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 224.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.831,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74949,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEEA

secondary

#E3AD9B

accent

#6230F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEEA

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

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