#388EB7#388EB7

#388EB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.102 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EB7
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -12.36, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 31.46, 246.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0619 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.102 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8477, 23.6035, 48.3005)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EB7 #B76138

analogous

#38B7A1 #388EB7 #384FB7

triadic

#388EB7 #B7388E #8EB738

tetradic

#388EB7 #A138B7 #B76138 #4FB738

square

#388EB7 #A138B7 #B76138 #4FB738

split-complementary

#388EB7 #B7384F #B7A138

monochromatic

#1B4559 #2A6A88 #388EB7 #5EAACE #8DC3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#388EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#388EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EB7

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EB7	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.102 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafcc',
    500: '#388eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388eb7;
$custom-light: #7eafcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61262,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EB7

secondary

#C79A84

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EB7

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

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