#38C7F2#38C7F2

#38C7F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.131 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7F2
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 242)
HSL	hsl(194, 88%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -23.16, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 39.40, 234.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0955 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.131 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0746, 48.0937, 91.2635)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7F2 #F26338

analogous

#38F2C0 #38C7F2 #386AF2

triadic

#38C7F2 #F238C7 #C7F238

tetradic

#38C7F2 #C038F2 #F26338 #6AF238

square

#38C7F2 #C038F2 #F26338 #6AF238

split-complementary

#38C7F2 #F2386A #F2C038

monochromatic

#0B81A5 #0FAEDE #38C7F2 #71D7F6 #ABE7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38C7F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#38C7F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7F2

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7F2	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC2F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.131 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8f6',
    500: '#38c7f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7f2;
$custom-light: #8ad8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.871,
    "s": 87.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77393,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7F2

secondary

#E8AF9E

accent

#5B2AFE

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7F2

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

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