#388AB8#388AB8

#388AB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.105 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AB8
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -9.78, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 32.79, 252.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0574 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.105 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3677, 22.4763, 48.6557)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AB8 #B86638

analogous

#38B8A6 #388AB8 #384AB8

triadic

#388AB8 #B8388A #8AB838

tetradic

#388AB8 #A638B8 #B86638 #4AB838

square

#388AB8 #A638B8 #B86638 #4AB838

split-complementary

#388AB8 #B8384A #B8A638

monochromatic

#1B445A #2A6789 #388AB8 #5FA6CE #8EC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#388AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#388AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AB8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AB8	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7489BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.105 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaccd',
    500: '#388ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ab8;
$custom-light: #7eaccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60353,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AB8

secondary

#C79D85

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AB8

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

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