#388EB8#388EB8

#388EB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.103 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EB8
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -12.03, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 31.80, 247.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0615 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.103 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9522, 23.6452, 48.8506)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EB8 #B86238

analogous

#38B8A2 #388EB8 #384EB8

triadic

#388EB8 #B8388E #8EB838

tetradic

#388EB8 #A238B8 #B86238 #4EB838

square

#388EB8 #A238B8 #B86238 #4EB838

split-complementary

#388EB8 #B8384E #B8A238

monochromatic

#1B465A #2A6A89 #388EB8 #5FAACE #8EC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#388EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#388EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EB8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EB8	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.103 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafcd',
    500: '#388eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388eb8;
$custom-light: #7eafcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61309,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EB8

secondary

#C79A85

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EB8

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

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