#388EBB#388EBB

#388EBB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EBB
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -11.01, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 32.84, 250.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0605 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.106 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2700, 23.7724, 50.5243)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EBB #BB6538

analogous

#38BBA7 #388EBB #384CBB

triadic

#388EBB #BB388E #8EBB38

tetradic

#388EBB #A738BB #BB6538 #4CBB38

square

#388EBB #A738BB #BB6538 #4CBB38

split-complementary

#388EBB #BB384C #BBA738

monochromatic

#1C465D #2A6A8C #388EBB #61A9D0 #90C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#388EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#388EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EBB

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EBB	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafcf',
    500: '#388ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ebb;
$custom-light: #7eafcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.611,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61454,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EBB

secondary

#C89D86

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EBB

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

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