#388EB6#388EB6

#388EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.101 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EB6
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -12.70, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 31.13, 245.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0622 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.101 232)
XYZ	xyz(19.7440, 23.5620, 47.7543)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EB6 #B66038

analogous

#38B69F #388EB6 #384FB6

triadic

#388EB6 #B6388E #8EB638

tetradic

#388EB6 #9F38B6 #B66038 #4FB638

square

#388EB6 #9F38B6 #B66038 #4FB638

split-complementary

#388EB6 #B6384F #B69F38

monochromatic

#1B4558 #2A6987 #388EB6 #5EAACD #8DC3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#388EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#388EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EB6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EB6	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.101 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafcc',
    500: '#388eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388eb6;
$custom-light: #7eafcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61214,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.23564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EB6

secondary

#C69984

accent

#794BDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EB6

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

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