#388BC2#388BC2

#388BC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.115 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BC2
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -6.90, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 36.49, 259.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0551 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.115 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5973, 23.1987, 54.4207)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BC2 #C26F38

analogous

#38C2B4 #388BC2 #3846C2

triadic

#388BC2 #C2388B #8BC238

tetradic

#388BC2 #B438C2 #C26F38 #46C238

square

#388BC2 #B438C2 #C26F38 #46C238

split-complementary

#388BC2 #C23846 #C2B438

monochromatic

#1D4763 #2A6993 #388BC2 #65A7D2 #94C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#388BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#388BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BC2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BC2	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.115 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7facd4',
    500: '#388bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bc2;
$custom-light: #7facd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61094,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BC2

secondary

#CBA48A

accent

#8549DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BC2

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

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