#388DC5#388DC5

#388DC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DC5
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -7.00, -36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 37.05, 259.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0561 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.117 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2299, 23.9193, 56.3105)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DC5 #C57038

analogous

#38C5B7 #388DC5 #3846C5

triadic

#388DC5 #C5388D #8DC538

tetradic

#388DC5 #B738C5 #C57038 #46C538

square

#388DC5 #B738C5 #C57038 #46C538

split-complementary

#388DC5 #C53846 #C5B738

monochromatic

#1D4966 #2A6B95 #388DC5 #67A8D4 #96C3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#388DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#388DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DC5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DC5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#738EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6080C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed7',
    500: '#388dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dc5;
$custom-light: #80aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.83,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61718,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DC5

secondary

#CDA68C

accent

#8449DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DC5

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

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