#38C0EA#38C0EA

#38C0EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0EA
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -22.17, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 38.25, 234.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.092 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.127 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3256, 44.4763, 84.5489)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0EA #EA6238

analogous

#38EABB #38C0EA #3867EA

triadic

#38C0EA #EA38C0 #C0EA38

tetradic

#38C0EA #BB38EA #EA6238 #67EA38

square

#38C0EA #BB38EA #EA6238 #67EA38

split-complementary

#38C0EA #EA3867 #EABB38

monochromatic

#107898 #16A3CF #38C0EA #6FD2F0 #A7E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#38C0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0EA

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0EA	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d3f0',
    500: '#38c0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0ea;
$custom-light: #88d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75416,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0EA

secondary

#E3AC9B

accent

#5F30F7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0EA

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

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