#388DB8#388DB8

#388DB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.104 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DB8
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 184)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -11.47, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 32.03, 249.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0605 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.104 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8041, 23.3490, 48.8012)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DB8 #B86338

analogous

#38B8A3 #388DB8 #384DB8

triadic

#388DB8 #B8388D #8DB838

tetradic

#388DB8 #A338B8 #B86338 #4DB838

square

#388DB8 #A338B8 #B86338 #4DB838

split-complementary

#388DB8 #B8384D #B8A338

monochromatic

#1B455A #2A6989 #388DB8 #5FA9CE #8EC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#388DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#388DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DB8

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DB8	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.104 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaecd',
    500: '#388db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388db8;
$custom-light: #7eaecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.156,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6107,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DB8

secondary

#C79B85

accent

#7C4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DB8

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

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