#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
RGBrgb(56, 139, 186)
HSLhsl(202, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(202, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(54.92, -9.66, -31.84)
CIE-LCHlch(54.92, 33.27, 253.13°)
OKLaboklab(60.69% -0.0578 -0.0896)
OKLCHoklch(60.69% 0.107 237.2)
XYZxyz(19.7230, 22.8490, 49.8157)
Luminance0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##388BBA1.003.775.575.57
#FFFFFF3.771.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5721.001.001.00
##0000005.5721.001.001.00

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

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#388BBA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva