#388AC7#388AC7

#388AC7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.122 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AC7
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 199)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -4.57, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 39.03, 263.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0526 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.122 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0242, 23.1389, 57.3800)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AC7 #C77538

analogous

#38C7BC #388AC7 #3843C7

triadic

#388AC7 #C7388A #8AC738

tetradic

#388AC7 #BC38C7 #C77538 #43C738

square

#388AC7 #BC38C7 #C77538 #43C738

split-complementary

#388AC7 #C73843 #C7BC38

monochromatic

#1D4867 #2B6997 #388AC7 #68A6D4 #98C2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#388AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#388AC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AC7

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AC7	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.122 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80abd8',
    500: '#388ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ac7;
$custom-light: #80abd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.594,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61123,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AC7

secondary

#CDA98D

accent

#8948DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AC7

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

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