#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
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -6.78, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 36.98, 259.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0555 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.117 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9689, 23.5801, 55.6601)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##388CC4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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