#388BB3#388BB3

#388BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.100 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BB3
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -12.04, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 30.76, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0602 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.1 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9970, 22.5586, 45.9921)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BB3 #B36038

analogous

#38B39D #388BB3 #384DB3

triadic

#388BB3 #B3388B #8BB338

tetradic

#388BB3 #9D38B3 #B36038 #4DB338

square

#388BB3 #9D38B3 #B36038 #4DB338

split-complementary

#388BB3 #B3384D #B39D38

monochromatic

#1B4356 #296784 #388BB3 #5CA8CC #8BC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#388BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#388BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BB3

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BB3	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.100 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacca',
    500: '#388bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bb3;
$custom-light: #7dacca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.512,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60351,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BB3

secondary

#C59882

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BB3

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

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