#388CB6#388CB6

#388CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.102 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CB6
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -11.58, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 31.56, 248.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0602 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.102 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4491, 22.9722, 47.6560)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CB6 #B66238

analogous

#38B6A1 #388CB6 #384DB6

triadic

#388CB6 #B6388C #8CB638

tetradic

#388CB6 #A138B6 #B66238 #4DB638

square

#388CB6 #A138B6 #B66238 #4DB638

split-complementary

#388CB6 #B6384D #B6A138

monochromatic

#1B4458 #2A6887 #388CB6 #5EA8CD #8DC1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#388CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#388CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CB6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CB6	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.102 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadcc',
    500: '#388cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cb6;
$custom-light: #7eadcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60734,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CB6

secondary

#C69A84

accent

#7C4BDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CB6

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

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