#38C1EA#38C1EA

#38C1EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C1EA
RGBrgb(56, 193, 234)
HSLhsl(194, 81%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 76%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.84, -22.68, -30.71)
CIE-LCHlch(72.84, 38.18, 233.55°)
OKLaboklab(75.65% -0.0929 -0.086)
OKLCHoklch(75.65% 0.127 222.8)
XYZxyz(35.5459, 44.9169, 84.6224)
Luminance0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C1EA #EA6138
analogous
#38EABA #38C1EA #3868EA
triadic
#38C1EA #EA38C1 #C1EA38
tetradic
#38C1EA #BA38EA #EA6138 #68EA38
square
#38C1EA #BA38EA #EA6138 #68EA38
split-complementary
#38C1EA #EA3868 #EABA38
monochromatic
#107898 #16A4CF #38C1EA #6FD2F0 #A7E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#38C1EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98
#38C1EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1EA
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C1EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C1EA1.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9BCEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92ABEA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CECE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 222.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4f0',
    500: '#38c1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c1ea;
$custom-light: #89d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.82,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C1EA
secondary
#E3AB9B
accent
#5E30F7
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0D1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#38C1EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva