#388DBB#388DBB

#388DBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.107 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DBB
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 24.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -10.45, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 33.10, 251.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0595 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.107 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1219, 23.4761, 50.4750)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DBB #BB6638

analogous

#38BBA8 #388DBB #384BBB

triadic

#388DBB #BB388D #8DBB38

tetradic

#388DBB #A838BB #BB6638 #4BBB38

square

#388DBB #A838BB #BB6638 #4BBB38

split-complementary

#388DBB #BB384B #BBA838

monochromatic

#1C465D #2A698C #388DBB #61A9D0 #90C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#388DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#388DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DBB

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DBB	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.107 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaecf',
    500: '#388dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dbb;
$custom-light: #7eaecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61215,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DBB

secondary

#C89E86

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DBB

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

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