#388CBA#388CBA

#388CBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.106 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CBA
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -10.22, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 33.00, 251.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0588 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.106 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8684, 23.1399, 49.8642)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CBA #BA6638

analogous

#38BAA7 #388CBA #384BBA

triadic

#388CBA #BA388C #8CBA38

tetradic

#388CBA #A738BA #BA6638 #4BBA38

square

#388CBA #A738BA #BA6638 #4BBA38

split-complementary

#388CBA #BA384B #BAA738

monochromatic

#1C455C #2A698B #388CBA #60A8CF #8FC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#388CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#388CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CBA

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CBA	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.106 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadcf',
    500: '#388cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cba;
$custom-light: #7eadcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60928,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CBA

secondary

#C89D86

accent

#7F4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CBA

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

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