#388DC8#388DC8

#388DC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DC8
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -5.96, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 38.33, 261.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0552 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.12 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5771, 24.0582, 58.1389)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DC8 #C87338

analogous

#38C8BB #388DC8 #3845C8

triadic

#388DC8 #C8388D #8DC838

tetradic

#388DC8 #BB38C8 #C87338 #45C838

square

#388DC8 #BB38C8 #C87338 #45C838

split-complementary

#388DC8 #C83845 #C8BB38

monochromatic

#1D4A69 #2A6B99 #388DC8 #68A8D5 #98C4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#388DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#388DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DC8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DC8	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed9',
    500: '#388dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dc8;
$custom-light: #80aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61874,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DC8

secondary

#CEA88E

accent

#8648E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DC8

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

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