#388BB4#388BB4

#388BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.101 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BB4
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -11.70, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 31.10, 247.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0599 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.101 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0985, 22.5992, 46.5267)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BB4 #B46138

analogous

#38B49F #388BB4 #384DB4

triadic

#388BB4 #B4388B #8BB438

tetradic

#388BB4 #9F38B4 #B46138 #4DB438

square

#388BB4 #9F38B4 #B46138 #4DB438

split-complementary

#388BB4 #B4384D #B49F38

monochromatic

#1B4357 #296785 #388BB4 #5DA8CD #8BC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#388BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#388BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BB4

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BB4	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.101 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacca',
    500: '#388bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bb4;
$custom-light: #7dacca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60398,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BB4

secondary

#C59982

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BB4

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

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