#388DD9#388DD9

#388DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.140 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DD9
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 0.05, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 46.13, 270.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0503 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.14 249)
XYZ	xyz(23.6754, 24.8975, 69.1901)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DD9 #D98438

analogous

#38D9D4 #388DD9 #383CD9

triadic

#388DD9 #D9388D #8DD938

tetradic

#388DD9 #D438D9 #D98438 #3CD938

square

#388DD9 #D438D9 #D98438 #3CD938

split-complementary

#388DD9 #D9383C #D9D438

monochromatic

#184E7E #226EB2 #388DD9 #6BAAE3 #9FC8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#388DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#388DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DD9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DD9	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.140 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ade5',
    500: '#388dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dd9;
$custom-light: #83ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.323,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62799,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DD9

secondary

#D9B494

accent

#8F3DEB

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DD9

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

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