#388CD5#388CD5

#388CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.137 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CD5
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -0.79, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 44.67, 268.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0505 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.137 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0146, 24.3984, 66.4343)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CD5 #D58138

analogous

#38D5CF #388CD5 #383ED5

triadic

#388CD5 #D5388C #8CD538

tetradic

#388CD5 #CF38D5 #D58138 #3ED538

square

#388CD5 #CF38D5 #D58138 #3ED538

split-complementary

#388CD5 #D5383E #D5CF38

monochromatic

#1A4D79 #246DAC #388CD5 #6BA9E0 #9DC6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#388CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#388CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CD5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CD5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5481D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.137 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ade2',
    500: '#388cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cd5;
$custom-light: #83ade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.898,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62347,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CD5

secondary

#D6B292

accent

#8E40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CD5

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

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