#388BB9#388BB9

#388BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.106 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BB9
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -10.00, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 32.90, 252.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0581 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.106 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6170, 22.8066, 49.2578)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BB9 #B96638

analogous

#38B9A6 #388BB9 #384BB9

triadic

#388BB9 #B9388B #8BB938

tetradic

#388BB9 #A638B9 #B96638 #4BB938

square

#388BB9 #A638B9 #B96638 #4BB938

split-complementary

#388BB9 #B9384B #B9A638

monochromatic

#1C445B #2A688A #388BB9 #5FA7CF #8EC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#388BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#388BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BB9

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BB9	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.106 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacce',
    500: '#388bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bb9;
$custom-light: #7eacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.395,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60641,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BB9

secondary

#C89D85

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BB9

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

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