#388DC9#388DC9

#388DC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.122 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DC9
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -5.61, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 38.77, 261.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0549 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.122 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6943, 24.1051, 58.7564)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DC9 #C97438

analogous

#38C9BD #388DC9 #3844C9

triadic

#388DC9 #C9388D #8DC938

tetradic

#388DC9 #BD38C9 #C97438 #44C938

square

#388DC9 #BD38C9 #C97438 #44C938

split-complementary

#388DC9 #C93844 #C9BD38

monochromatic

#1D4A6A #2A6C9A #388DC9 #68A9D6 #98C4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#388DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#388DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DC9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DC9	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.122 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aed9',
    500: '#388dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dc9;
$custom-light: #81aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61926,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DC9

secondary

#CFA98E

accent

#8747E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DC9

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

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