#388ABC#388ABC

#388ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.109 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388ABC
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -8.40, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 34.35, 255.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0561 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.109 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7929, 22.6464, 50.8953)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388ABC #BC6A38

analogous

#38BCAC #388ABC #3848BC

triadic

#388ABC #BC388A #8ABC38

tetradic

#388ABC #AC38BC #BC6A38 #48BC38

square

#388ABC #AC38BC #BC6A38 #48BC38

split-complementary

#388ABC #BC3848 #BCAC38

monochromatic

#1C455E #2A678D #388ABC #61A6D0 #90C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#388ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#388ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388ABC

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388ABC	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.109 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacd0',
    500: '#388abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388abc;
$custom-light: #7eacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60552,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388ABC

secondary

#C9A087

accent

#824ADD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388ABC

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

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