#388BB8#388BB8

#388BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.105 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BB8
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -10.34, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 32.52, 251.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0585 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.105 236)
XYZ	xyz(19.5118, 22.7645, 48.7038)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BB8 #B86538

analogous

#38B8A5 #388BB8 #384BB8

triadic

#388BB8 #B8388B #8BB838

tetradic

#388BB8 #A538B8 #B86538 #4BB838

square

#388BB8 #A538B8 #B86538 #4BB838

split-complementary

#388BB8 #B8384B #B8A538

monochromatic

#1B445A #2A6889 #388BB8 #5FA7CE #8EC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#388BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#388BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BB8

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BB8	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.105 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaccd',
    500: '#388bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bb8;
$custom-light: #7eaccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.094,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60592,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.22767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BB8

secondary

#C79C85

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BB8

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

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