#388CBC#388CBC

#388CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.108 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CBC
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -9.54, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 33.75, 253.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0581 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.108 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0825, 23.2255, 50.9918)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CBC #BC6838

analogous

#38BCAA #388CBC #384ABC

triadic

#388CBC #BC388C #8CBC38

tetradic

#388CBC #AA38BC #BC6838 #4ABC38

square

#388CBC #AA38BC #BC6838 #4ABC38

split-complementary

#388CBC #BC384A #BCAA38

monochromatic

#1C465E #2A698D #388CBC #61A8D0 #90C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#388CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#388CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CBC

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CBC	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.108 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadd0',
    500: '#388cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cbc;
$custom-light: #7eadd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61027,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CBC

secondary

#C99F87

accent

#804ADD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CBC

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

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