#388CC6#388CC6

#388CC6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.119 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CC6
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -6.08, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 37.84, 260.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0548 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.119 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1981, 23.6718, 56.8670)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CC6 #C67238

analogous

#38C6B9 #388CC6 #3845C6

triadic

#388CC6 #C6388C #8CC638

tetradic

#388CC6 #B938C6 #C67238 #45C638

square

#388CC6 #B938C6 #C67238 #45C638

split-complementary

#388CC6 #C63845 #C6B938

monochromatic

#1D4967 #2B6A96 #388CC6 #67A8D4 #97C3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#388CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#388CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CC6

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CC6	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#718DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.119 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80add7',
    500: '#388cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cc6;
$custom-light: #80add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.507,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61536,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CC6

secondary

#CDA78D

accent

#8649DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CC6

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

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