#388BC0#388BC0

#388BC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.113 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BC0
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -7.59, -34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 35.65, 257.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0558 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.113 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3742, 23.1095, 53.2458)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BC0 #C06D38

analogous

#38C0B1 #388BC0 #3847C0

triadic

#388BC0 #C0388B #8BC038

tetradic

#388BC0 #B138C0 #C06D38 #47C038

square

#388BC0 #B138C0 #C06D38 #47C038

split-complementary

#388BC0 #C03847 #C0B138

monochromatic

#1C4661 #2A6991 #388BC0 #64A7D2 #93C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#388BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#388BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BC0

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BC0	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.113 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd3',
    500: '#388bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bc0;
$custom-light: #7facd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.382,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60992,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BC0

secondary

#CBA389

accent

#844ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BC0

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

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