#38C3EA#38C3EA

#38C3EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3EA
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -23.70, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 38.09, 231.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0948 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.126 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9911, 45.8071, 84.7707)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3EA #EA5F38

analogous

#38EAB8 #38C3EA #386AEA

triadic

#38C3EA #EA38C3 #C3EA38

tetradic

#38C3EA #B838EA #EA5F38 #6AEA38

square

#38C3EA #B838EA #EA5F38 #6AEA38

split-complementary

#38C3EA #EA386A #EAB838

monochromatic

#107A98 #16A6CF #38C3EA #6FD4F0 #A7E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#38C3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3EA

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3EA	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5f0',
    500: '#38c3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3ea;
$custom-light: #89d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.146,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76118,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3EA

secondary

#E3AB9B

accent

#5C30F7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3EA

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

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