#388BB1#388BB1

#388BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.098 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BB1
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -12.71, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 30.11, 245.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.061 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.098 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7962, 22.4783, 44.9346)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BB1 #B15E38

analogous

#38B19A #388BB1 #384EB1

triadic

#388BB1 #B1388B #8BB138

tetradic

#388BB1 #9A38B1 #B15E38 #4EB138

square

#388BB1 #9A38B1 #B15E38 #4EB138

split-complementary

#388BB1 #B1384E #B19A38

monochromatic

#1B4254 #296683 #388BB1 #5BA8CB #8AC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#388BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#388BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BB1

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BB1	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.098 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacc8',
    500: '#388bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bb1;
$custom-light: #7dacc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.843,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60256,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BB1

secondary

#C49681

accent

#794CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BB1

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

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