#38C8F2#38C8F2

#38C8F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.131 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8F2
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 242)
HSL	hsl(194, 88%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -23.66, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 39.34, 233.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0964 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.131 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3055, 48.5554, 91.3405)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8F2 #F26238

analogous

#38F2BF #38C8F2 #386BF2

triadic

#38C8F2 #F238C8 #C8F238

tetradic

#38C8F2 #BF38F2 #F26238 #6BF238

square

#38C8F2 #BF38F2 #F26238 #6BF238

split-complementary

#38C8F2 #F2386B #F2BF38

monochromatic

#0B82A5 #0FAFDE #38C8F2 #71D8F6 #ABE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#38C8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#38C8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8F2

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8F2	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C3F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.131 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad9f6',
    500: '#38c8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8f2;
$custom-light: #8ad9f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 87.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77626,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8F2

secondary

#E8AF9E

accent

#5A2AFE

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8F2

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

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