#388AC5#388AC5

#388AC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.119 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AC5
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -5.28, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 38.14, 262.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.0532 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.119 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7935, 23.0466, 56.1651)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AC5 #C57338

analogous

#38C5B9 #388AC5 #3844C5

triadic

#388AC5 #C5388A #8AC538

tetradic

#388AC5 #B938C5 #C57338 #44C538

square

#388AC5 #B938C5 #C57338 #44C538

split-complementary

#388AC5 #C53844 #C5B938

monochromatic

#1D4766 #2A6995 #388AC5 #67A6D4 #96C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#388AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#388AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AC5

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AC5	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.119 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abd7',
    500: '#388ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ac5;
$custom-light: #80abd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61017,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AC5

secondary

#CDA78C

accent

#8849DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AC5

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

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