#388AB2#388AB2

#388AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AB2
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -11.81, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 30.64, 247.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0595 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.099 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7521, 22.2300, 45.4134)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AB2 #B26038

analogous

#38B29D #388AB2 #384DB2

triadic

#388AB2 #B2388A #8AB238

tetradic

#388AB2 #9D38B2 #B26038 #4DB238

square

#388AB2 #9D38B2 #B26038 #4DB238

split-complementary

#388AB2 #B2384D #B29D38

monochromatic

#1B4255 #296683 #388AB2 #5CA7CC #8AC0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#388AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#388AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AB2

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AB2	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacc9',
    500: '#388ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ab2;
$custom-light: #7dacc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60062,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AB2

secondary

#C59781

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AB2

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

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