#388BBA#388BBA

#388BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.107 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BBA
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -9.66, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 33.27, 253.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0578 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.107 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7230, 22.8490, 49.8157)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BBA #BA6738

analogous

#38BAA8 #388BBA #384ABA

triadic

#388BBA #BA388B #8BBA38

tetradic

#388BBA #A838BA #BA6738 #4ABA38

square

#388BBA #A838BA #BA6738 #4ABA38

split-complementary

#388BBA #BA384A #BAA838

monochromatic

#1C455C #2A688B #388BBA #60A7CF #8FC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#388BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#388BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BBA

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BBA	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.107 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaccf',
    500: '#388bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bba;
$custom-light: #7eaccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6069,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BBA

secondary

#C89E86

accent

#804BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BBA

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

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