#388EB9#388EB9

#388EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.104 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EB9
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -11.69, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 32.14, 248.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0612 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.104 234)
XYZ	xyz(20.0574, 23.6873, 49.4046)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EB9 #B96338

analogous

#38B9A4 #388EB9 #384EB9

triadic

#388EB9 #B9388E #8EB938

tetradic

#388EB9 #A438B9 #B96338 #4EB938

square

#388EB9 #A438B9 #B96338 #4EB938

split-complementary

#388EB9 #B9384E #B9A438

monochromatic

#1C465B #2A6A8A #388EB9 #5FAACF #8EC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#388EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#388EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EB9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EB9	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.104 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafce',
    500: '#388eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388eb9;
$custom-light: #7eafce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61357,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.2369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EB9

secondary

#C89B85

accent

#7C4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EB9

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

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