#388CC5#388CC5

#388CC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.118 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CC5
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -6.43, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 37.41, 260.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0552 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.118 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0831, 23.6258, 56.2616)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CC5 #C57138

analogous

#38C5B7 #388CC5 #3846C5

triadic

#388CC5 #C5388C #8CC538

tetradic

#388CC5 #B738C5 #C57138 #46C538

square

#388CC5 #B738C5 #C57138 #46C538

split-complementary

#388CC5 #C53846 #C5B738

monochromatic

#1D4866 #2A6A95 #388CC5 #67A8D4 #96C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#388CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#388CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CC5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CC5	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.118 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80add7',
    500: '#388cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cc5;
$custom-light: #80add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61484,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CC5

secondary

#CDA68C

accent

#8649DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CC5

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

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