#388CB4#388CB4

#388CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.100 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CB4
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -12.26, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 30.89, 246.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0609 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.1 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2439, 22.8901, 46.5752)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CB4 #B46038

analogous

#38B49E #388CB4 #384EB4

triadic

#388CB4 #B4388C #8CB438

tetradic

#388CB4 #9E38B4 #B46038 #4EB438

square

#388CB4 #9E38B4 #B46038 #4EB438

split-complementary

#388CB4 #B4384E #B49E38

monochromatic

#1B4357 #296885 #388CB4 #5DA8CD #8BC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#388CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#388CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CB4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CB4	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.100 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadca',
    500: '#388cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cb4;
$custom-light: #7dadca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60639,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CB4

secondary

#C59882

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CB4

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

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