#388AB9#388AB9

#388AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.106 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388AB9
RGBrgb(56, 138, 185)
HSLhsl(202, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(202, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(54.57, -9.43, -31.81)
CIE-LCHlch(54.57, 33.18, 253.48°)
OKLaboklab(60.4% -0.0571 -0.0895)
OKLCHoklch(60.4% 0.106 237.5)
XYZxyz(19.4729, 22.5184, 49.2097)
Luminance0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388AB9 #B96738
analogous
#38B9A7 #388AB9 #384AB9
triadic
#388AB9 #B9388A #8AB938
tetradic
#388AB9 #A738B9 #B96738 #4AB938
square
#388AB9 #A738B9 #B96738 #4AB938
split-complementary
#388AB9 #B9384A #B9A738
monochromatic
#1C445B #2A678A #388AB9 #5FA6CF #8EC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82
#388AB9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50
#388AB9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AB9
5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388AB9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388AB91.003.825.505.50
#FFFFFF3.821.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5021.001.001.00
##0000005.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#748ABB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#627DB8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00969A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.106 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacce',
    500: '#388ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388ab9;
$custom-light: #7eacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.86,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388AB9
secondary
#C89D85
accent
#804BDD
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#EFF4F9
border
#CACED2
text
#0B1013
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AB9

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#388AB9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva