#388DB4#388DB4

#388DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.100 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DB4
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -12.82, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 30.69, 245.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0619 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.1 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3907, 23.1837, 46.6241)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DB4 #B45F38

analogous

#38B49D #388DB4 #384FB4

triadic

#388DB4 #B4388D #8DB438

tetradic

#388DB4 #9D38B4 #B45F38 #4FB438

square

#388DB4 #9D38B4 #B45F38 #4FB438

split-complementary

#388DB4 #B4384F #B49D38

monochromatic

#1B4457 #296885 #388DB4 #5DA9CD #8BC2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#388DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#388DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DB4

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DB4	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.100 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daeca',
    500: '#388db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388db4;
$custom-light: #7daeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.871,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60879,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DB4

secondary

#C59782

accent

#794CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DB4

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

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