#388CC1#388CC1

#388CC1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.113 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CC1
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 193)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 27.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -7.82, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 35.73, 257.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0564 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.113 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6309, 23.4449, 53.8798)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CC1 #C16D38

analogous

#38C1B2 #388CC1 #3848C1

triadic

#388CC1 #C1388C #8CC138

tetradic

#388CC1 #B238C1 #C16D38 #48C138

square

#388CC1 #B238C1 #C16D38 #48C138

split-complementary

#388CC1 #C13848 #C1B238

monochromatic

#1C4762 #2A6A92 #388CC1 #64A8D2 #94C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#388CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#388CC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CC1

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CC1	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.113 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadd4',
    500: '#388cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cc1;
$custom-light: #7fadd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61278,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CC1

secondary

#CBA38A

accent

#8349DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CC1

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

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