#38BFEA#38BFEA

#38BFEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFEA
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -21.66, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.32, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.091 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.127 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1068, 44.0386, 84.4760)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFEA #EA6338

analogous

#38EABC #38BFEA #3866EA

triadic

#38BFEA #EA38BF #BFEA38

tetradic

#38BFEA #BC38EA #EA6338 #66EA38

square

#38BFEA #BC38EA #EA6338 #66EA38

split-complementary

#38BFEA #EA3866 #EABC38

monochromatic

#107798 #16A2CF #38BFEA #6FD1F0 #A7E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38BFEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#38BFEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFEA

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFEA	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2f1',
    500: '#38bfea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfea;
$custom-light: #88d2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.494,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFEA

secondary

#E3AC9B

accent

#6130F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFEA

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

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