#388DC4#388DC4

#388DC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.116 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DC4
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -7.35, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 36.64, 258.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0565 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.116 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1157, 23.8737, 55.7091)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DC4 #C46F38

analogous

#38C4B5 #388DC4 #3847C4

triadic

#388DC4 #C4388D #8DC438

tetradic

#388DC4 #B538C4 #C46F38 #47C438

square

#388DC4 #B538C4 #C46F38 #47C438

split-complementary

#388DC4 #C43847 #C4B538

monochromatic

#1D4965 #2A6B94 #388DC4 #66A8D3 #96C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#388DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#388DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DC4

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DC4	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.116 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed6',
    500: '#388dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dc4;
$custom-light: #80aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61666,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DC4

secondary

#CCA58C

accent

#8449DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DC4

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

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