#388DC3#388DC3

#388DC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.115 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DC3
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -7.70, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 36.22, 257.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0568 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.115 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0023, 23.8283, 55.1116)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DC3 #C36E38

analogous

#38C3B3 #388DC3 #3848C3

triadic

#388DC3 #C3388D #8DC338

tetradic

#388DC3 #B338C3 #C36E38 #48C338

square

#388DC3 #B338C3 #C36E38 #48C338

split-complementary

#388DC3 #C33848 #C3B338

monochromatic

#1D4864 #2A6B93 #388DC3 #65A8D3 #95C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#388DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#388DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DC3

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DC3	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.115 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed5',
    500: '#388dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dc3;
$custom-light: #80aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.309,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61615,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DC3

secondary

#CCA48B

accent

#8349DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DC3

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

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