#388AC3#388AC3

#388AC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.117 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AC3
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 195)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -5.97, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 37.27, 260.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0538 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.117 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5659, 22.9556, 54.9662)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AC3 #C37138

analogous

#38C3B6 #388AC3 #3845C3

triadic

#388AC3 #C3388A #8AC338

tetradic

#388AC3 #B638C3 #C37138 #45C338

square

#388AC3 #B638C3 #C37138 #45C338

split-complementary

#388AC3 #C33845 #C3B638

monochromatic

#1D4764 #2A6893 #388AC3 #65A6D3 #95C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#388AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#388AC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AC3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AC3	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.117 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd5',
    500: '#388ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ac3;
$custom-light: #80acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60912,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AC3

secondary

#CCA68B

accent

#8649DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AC3

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

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