#388DBD#388DBD

#388DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.109 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DBD
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -9.76, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 33.85, 253.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0588 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.109 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3375, 23.5624, 51.6104)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DBD #BD6838

analogous

#38BDAA #388DBD #384ABD

triadic

#388DBD #BD388D #8DBD38

tetradic

#388DBD #AA38BD #BD6838 #4ABD38

square

#388DBD #AA38BD #BD6838 #4ABD38

split-complementary

#388DBD #BD384A #BDAA38

monochromatic

#1C475F #2A6A8E #388DBD #62A8D0 #91C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#388DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#388DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DBD

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DBD	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.109 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faed1',
    500: '#388dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dbd;
$custom-light: #7faed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.654,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61314,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DBD

secondary

#C99F87

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DBD

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

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