#388DB1#388DB1

#388DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.097 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DB1
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -13.82, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 29.76, 242.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.063 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.097 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0884, 23.0627, 45.0320)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DB1 #B15C38

analogous

#38B198 #388DB1 #3851B1

triadic

#388DB1 #B1388D #8DB138

tetradic

#388DB1 #9838B1 #B15C38 #51B138

square

#388DB1 #9838B1 #B15C38 #51B138

split-complementary

#388DB1 #B13851 #B19838

monochromatic

#1B4354 #296883 #388DB1 #5BAACB #8AC2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#388DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#388DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DB1

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DB1	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.097 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daec8',
    500: '#388db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388db1;
$custom-light: #7daec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60739,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DB1

secondary

#C49581

accent

#774CDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DB1

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

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