#388AB7#388AB7

#388AB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.104 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388AB7
RGBrgb(56, 138, 183)
HSLhsl(201, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(201, 69%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(54.48, -10.12, -30.80)
CIE-LCHlch(54.48, 32.42, 251.82°)
OKLaboklab(60.3% -0.0578 -0.0866)
OKLCHoklch(60.3% 0.104 236.3)
XYZxyz(19.2633, 22.4345, 48.1056)
Luminance0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388AB7 #B76538
analogous
#38B7A5 #388AB7 #384BB7
triadic
#388AB7 #B7388A #8AB738
tetradic
#388AB7 #A538B7 #B76538 #4BB738
square
#388AB7 #A538B7 #B76538 #4BB738
split-complementary
#388AB7 #B7384B #B7A538
monochromatic
#1B4359 #2A6788 #388AB7 #5EA6CE #8DC0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83
#388AB7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49
#388AB7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AB7
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388AB7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388AB71.003.835.495.49
#FFFFFF3.831.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4921.001.001.00
##0000005.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7589B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#637DB6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009699
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.104 236.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaccc',
    500: '#388ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388ab7;
$custom-light: #7eaccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.26,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60304,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388AB7
secondary
#C79C84
accent
#7F4BDD
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#EFF4F9
border
#CACED2
text
#0B1013
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AB7

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#388AB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva