#388ABF#388ABF

#388ABF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.113 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388ABF
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 27.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -7.37, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 35.58, 258.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0551 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.113 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1197, 22.7771, 52.6162)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#388ABF #BF6D38

analogous

#38BFB0 #388ABF #3846BF

triadic

#388ABF #BF388A #8ABF38

tetradic

#388ABF #B038BF #BF6D38 #46BF38

square

#388ABF #B038BF #BF6D38 #46BF38

split-complementary

#388ABF #BF3846 #BFB038

monochromatic

#1C4660 #2A6890 #388ABF #63A6D1 #92C1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#388ABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#388ABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388ABF

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388ABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388ABF	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388abf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.113 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd2',
    500: '#388abf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388abf;
$custom-light: #7facd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388abf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60705,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388ABF

secondary

#CAA289

accent

#844ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388ABF

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

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