#388CB5#388CB5

#388CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.101 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CB5
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -11.92, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 31.22, 247.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0605 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.101 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3462, 22.9310, 47.1136)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CB5 #B56138

analogous

#38B5A0 #388CB5 #384EB5

triadic

#388CB5 #B5388C #8CB538

tetradic

#388CB5 #A038B5 #B56138 #4EB538

square

#388CB5 #A038B5 #B56138 #4EB538

split-complementary

#388CB5 #B5384E #B5A038

monochromatic

#1B4458 #2A6886 #388CB5 #5DA8CD #8CC1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#388CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#388CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CB5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CB5	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.101 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadcb',
    500: '#388cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cb5;
$custom-light: #7dadcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60686,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CB5

secondary

#C69983

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CB5

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

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