#38C8FA#38C8FA

#38C8FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8FA
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 250)
HSL	hsl(195, 95%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 20%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -21.08, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 41.07, 239.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0935 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.136 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5334, 49.0466, 97.8073)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8FA #FA6A38

analogous

#38FACB #38C8FA #3867FA

triadic

#38C8FA #FA38C8 #C8FA38

tetradic

#38C8FA #CB38FA #FA6A38 #67FA38

square

#38C8FA #CB38FA #FA6A38 #67FA38

split-complementary

#38C8FA #FA3867 #FACB38

monochromatic

#0586B3 #06B3EF #38C8FA #74D8FB #AFE9FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38C8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#38C8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8FA

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8FA	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B2F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8fc',
    500: '#38c8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8fa;
$custom-light: #8bd8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.464,
    "s": 95.098,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8FA

secondary

#ECB5A2

accent

#6029FF

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFF

border

#CCD3D7

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8FA

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

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