#388ABD#388ABD

#388ABD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.110 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388ABD
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 27%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -8.06, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 34.75, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0558 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.11 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9011, 22.6896, 51.4649)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388ABD #BD6B38

analogous

#38BDAE #388ABD #3847BD

triadic

#388ABD #BD388A #8ABD38

tetradic

#388ABD #AE38BD #BD6B38 #47BD38

square

#388ABD #AE38BD #BD6B38 #47BD38

split-complementary

#388ABD #BD3847 #BDAE38

monochromatic

#1C455F #2A688E #388ABD #62A6D0 #91C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#388ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#388ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388ABD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388ABD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.110 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd1',
    500: '#388abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388abd;
$custom-light: #7facd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.008,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60603,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388ABD

secondary

#C9A187

accent

#834ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388ABD

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

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