#388BBC#388BBC

#388BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.109 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BBC
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -8.97, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 34.05, 254.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0571 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.109 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9371, 22.9346, 50.9433)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BBC #BC6938

analogous

#38BCAB #388BBC #3849BC

triadic

#388BBC #BC388B #8BBC38

tetradic

#388BBC #AB38BC #BC6938 #49BC38

square

#388BBC #AB38BC #BC6938 #49BC38

split-complementary

#388BBC #BC3849 #BCAB38

monochromatic

#1C455E #2A688D #388BBC #61A7D0 #90C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#388BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#388BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BBC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BBC	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.109 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacd0',
    500: '#388bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bbc;
$custom-light: #7eacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6079,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BBC

secondary

#C99F87

accent

#814ADD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BBC

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

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