#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
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -22.68, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 38.18, 233.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0929 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.127 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5459, 44.9169, 84.6224)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##38C1EA	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C1EA

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

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