#388ACA#388ACA

#388ACA is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.125 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388ACA
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 202)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -3.52, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 40.39, 265.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0517 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.125 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3760, 23.2796, 59.2325)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388ACA #CA7838

analogous

#38CAC1 #388ACA #3841CA

triadic

#388ACA #CA388A #8ACA38

tetradic

#388ACA #C138CA #CA7838 #41CA38

square

#388ACA #C138CA #CA7838 #41CA38

split-complementary

#388ACA #CA3841 #CAC138

monochromatic

#1D496B #29699B #388ACA #68A6D7 #99C3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#388ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#388ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388ACA

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388ACA	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.125 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abda',
    500: '#388aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aca;
$custom-light: #81abda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.301,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61283,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388ACA

secondary

#CFAB8E

accent

#8A47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388ACA

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

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