#388BC1#388BC1

#388BC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.114 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BC1
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 193)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 28%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -7.25, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 36.07, 258.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0555 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.114 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4854, 23.1540, 53.8313)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BC1 #C16E38

analogous

#38C1B3 #388BC1 #3846C1

triadic

#388BC1 #C1388B #8BC138

tetradic

#388BC1 #B338C1 #C16E38 #46C138

square

#388BC1 #B338C1 #C16E38 #46C138

split-complementary

#388BC1 #C13846 #C1B338

monochromatic

#1C4762 #2A6992 #388BC1 #64A7D2 #94C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#388BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#388BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BC1

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BC1	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.114 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd4',
    500: '#388bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bc1;
$custom-light: #7facd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61043,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BC1

secondary

#CBA48A

accent

#8449DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BC1

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

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