#38BFE0#38BFE0

#38BFE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BFE0
RGBrgb(56, 191, 224)
HSLhsl(192, 73%, 55%)
HSVhsv(192, 75%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 14.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.88, -24.87, -26.76)
CIE-LCHlch(71.88, 36.53, 227.11°)
OKLaboklab(74.76% -0.0948 -0.0748)
OKLCHoklch(74.76% 0.121 218.3)
XYZxyz(33.7106, 43.4801, 77.1224)
Luminance0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BFE0 #E05938
analogous
#38E0AD #38BFE0 #386BE0
triadic
#38BFE0 #E038BF #BFE038
tetradic
#38BFE0 #AD38E0 #E05938 #6BE038
square
#38BFE0 #AD38E0 #E05938 #6BE038
split-complementary
#38BFE0 #E0386B #E0AD38
monochromatic
#157288 #1D9EBD #38BFE0 #6DD0E8 #A2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#38BFE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70
#38BFE0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFE0
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BFE0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BFE01.002.179.709.70
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7021.001.001.00
##0000009.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AABAE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A9E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CAC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bfe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 218.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2e9',
    500: '#38bfe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bfe0;
$custom-light: #87d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bfe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.786,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74758,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BFE0
secondary
#DDA497
accent
#5C38F0
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F9FD
border
#CBD2D5
text
#0D1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#38BFE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva