#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
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 224)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 14.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -24.87, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 36.53, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0948 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.121 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7106, 43.4801, 77.1224)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##38BFE0	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BFE0

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

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