#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
RGBrgb(56, 138, 195)
HSLhsl(205, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(205, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(55.03, -5.97, -36.79)
CIE-LCHlch(55.03, 37.27, 260.77°)
OKLaboklab(60.91% -0.0538 -0.104)
OKLCHoklch(60.91% 0.117 242.6)
XYZxyz(20.5659, 22.9556, 54.9662)
Luminance0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##388AC31.003.765.595.59
#FFFFFF3.761.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5921.001.001.00
##0000005.5921.001.001.00

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

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#388AC3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva