#388BBD#388BBD

#388BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.110 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BBD
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -8.63, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 34.44, 255.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0568 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.11 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0452, 22.9779, 51.5130)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BBD #BD6A38

analogous

#38BDAC #388BBD #3849BD

triadic

#388BBD #BD388B #8BBD38

tetradic

#388BBD #AC38BD #BD6A38 #49BD38

square

#388BBD #AC38BD #BD6A38 #49BD38

split-complementary

#388BBD #BD3849 #BDAC38

monochromatic

#1C465F #2A688E #388BBD #62A7D0 #91C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#388BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#388BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BBD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BBD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.110 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd1',
    500: '#388bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bbd;
$custom-light: #7facd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.556,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6084,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BBD

secondary

#C9A087

accent

#824ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BBD

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

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