#388AC4#388AC4

#388AC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.118 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AC4
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -5.63, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 37.71, 261.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0535 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.118 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6793, 23.0009, 55.5636)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AC4 #C47238

analogous

#38C4B8 #388AC4 #3844C4

triadic

#388AC4 #C4388A #8AC438

tetradic

#388AC4 #B838C4 #C47238 #44C438

square

#388AC4 #B838C4 #C47238 #44C438

split-complementary

#388AC4 #C43844 #C4B838

monochromatic

#1D4765 #2A6894 #388AC4 #66A6D3 #96C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#388AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#388AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AC4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AC4	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.118 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abd6',
    500: '#388ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ac4;
$custom-light: #80abd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60964,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AC4

secondary

#CCA68C

accent

#8749DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AC4

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

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