#388CB2#388CB2

#388CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.098 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CB2
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -12.93, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 30.24, 244.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0616 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.098 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0417, 22.8092, 45.5099)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CB2 #B25E38

analogous

#38B29B #388CB2 #384FB2

triadic

#388CB2 #B2388C #8CB238

tetradic

#388CB2 #9B38B2 #B25E38 #4FB238

square

#388CB2 #9B38B2 #B25E38 #4FB238

split-complementary

#388CB2 #B2384F #B29B38

monochromatic

#1B4355 #296783 #388CB2 #5CA9CC #8AC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#388CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#388CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CB2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CB2	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.098 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc9',
    500: '#388cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cb2;
$custom-light: #7dadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60544,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CB2

secondary

#C59681

accent

#794CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CB2

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

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