#388CC4#388CC4

#388CC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.117 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388CC4
RGBrgb(56, 140, 196)
HSLhsl(204, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(204, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(55.66, -6.78, -36.36)
CIE-LCHlch(55.66, 36.98, 259.44°)
OKLaboklab(61.43% -0.0555 -0.1027)
OKLCHoklch(61.43% 0.117 241.6)
XYZxyz(20.9689, 23.5801, 55.6601)
Luminance0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388CC4 #C47038
analogous
#38C4B6 #388CC4 #3846C4
triadic
#388CC4 #C4388C #8CC438
tetradic
#388CC4 #B638C4 #C47038 #46C438
square
#388CC4 #B638C4 #C47038 #46C438
split-complementary
#388CC4 #C43846 #C4B638
monochromatic
#1D4865 #2A6A94 #388CC4 #66A8D3 #96C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67
#388CC4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72
#388CC4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CC4
5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388CC4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388CC41.003.675.725.72
#FFFFFF3.671.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7221.001.001.00
##0000005.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#728DC7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F7FC3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009AA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.117 241.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80add6',
    500: '#388cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388cc4;
$custom-light: #80add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61432,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388CC4
secondary
#CCA58C
accent
#8549DF
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0B1014
muted
#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CC4

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#388CC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva