#388DBC#388DBC

#388DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.108 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DBC
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -10.11, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 33.47, 252.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0591 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.108 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2293, 23.5191, 51.0407)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DBC #BC6738

analogous

#38BCA9 #388DBC #384BBC

triadic

#388DBC #BC388D #8DBC38

tetradic

#388DBC #A938BC #BC6738 #4BBC38

square

#388DBC #A938BC #BC6738 #4BBC38

split-complementary

#388DBC #BC384B #BCA938

monochromatic

#1C465E #2A6A8D #388DBC #61A9D0 #90C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#388DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#388DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DBC

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DBC	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#778CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.108 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faed0',
    500: '#388dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dbc;
$custom-light: #7faed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61265,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DBC

secondary

#C99E87

accent

#7F4ADD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DBC

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

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