#388CCA#388CCA

#388CCA is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.124 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CCA
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 202)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -4.68, -39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 39.59, 263.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0536 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.124 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6655, 23.8587, 59.3290)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CCA #CA7638

analogous

#38CABF #388CCA #3843CA

triadic

#388CCA #CA388C #8CCA38

tetradic

#388CCA #BF38CA #CA7638 #43CA38

square

#388CCA #BF38CA #CA7638 #43CA38

split-complementary

#388CCA #CA3843 #CABF38

monochromatic

#1D4A6B #296B9B #388CCA #68A8D7 #99C4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#388CCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#388CCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CCA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CCA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.124 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81adda',
    500: '#388cca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cca;
$custom-light: #81adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.479,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61747,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CCA

secondary

#CFAA8E

accent

#8847E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CCA

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

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