#388CB9#388CB9

#388CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.105 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CB9
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -10.57, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 32.63, 251.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0591 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.105 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7625, 23.0975, 49.3063)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CB9 #B96538

analogous

#38B9A5 #388CB9 #384CB9

triadic

#388CB9 #B9388C #8CB938

tetradic

#388CB9 #A538B9 #B96538 #4CB938

square

#388CB9 #A538B9 #B96538 #4CB938

split-complementary

#388CB9 #B9384C #B9A538

monochromatic

#1C455B #2A688A #388CB9 #5FA8CF #8EC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#388CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#388CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CB9

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CB9	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.105 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadce',
    500: '#388cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cb9;
$custom-light: #7eadce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60879,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CB9

secondary

#C89C85

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CB9

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

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