#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
RGBrgb(56, 195, 234)
HSLhsl(193, 81%, 57%)
HSVhsv(193, 76%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.42, -23.70, -29.82)
CIE-LCHlch(73.42, 38.09, 231.52°)
OKLaboklab(76.12% -0.0948 -0.0835)
OKLCHoklch(76.12% 0.126 221.4)
XYZxyz(35.9911, 45.8071, 84.7707)
Luminance0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##38C3EA1.002.0710.1610.16
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1621.001.001.00
##00000010.1621.001.001.00

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

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#38C3EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva