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#38ecff

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · closest name: cyan

RGB
56, 236, 255
HSL
186°, 100%, 61%
CMYK
78, 8, 0, 0
Luminance
0.6805

Every format

HEX#38ecff
RGBrgb(56, 236, 255)
HSLhsl(186, 100%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(78%, 8%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(86.0 -37.0 -21.8)
LCHlch(86.0 43.0 210.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.865 0.138 205.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #38ecff;
background-color: #38ecff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#38ecff] bg-[#38ecff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #38ecff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.220, green: 0.925, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#38ecff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#38ecff on white: 1.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#38ecff on black: 14.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red22.0%
Green92.5%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan78.0%
Magenta7.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#38ecff text on a black background

contrast 14.61:1

Card sample

#38ecff text on a white background

contrast 1.44:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #38ecff;
Background color
Panel with #38ecff background
background-color: #38ecff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #38ecff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(56, 236, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(56, 236, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #38ecff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38ecff, #3868FF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #38ecff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #38ecff in the Color Lab