#388EBC#388EBC

#388EBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.107 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EBC
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -10.67, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 33.20, 251.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0601 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.107 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3774, 23.8153, 51.0901)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EBC #BC6638

analogous

#38BCA8 #388EBC #384CBC

triadic

#388EBC #BC388E #8EBC38

tetradic

#388EBC #A838BC #BC6638 #4CBC38

square

#388EBC #A838BC #BC6638 #4CBC38

split-complementary

#388EBC #BC384C #BCA838

monochromatic

#1C475E #2A6A8D #388EBC #61A9D0 #90C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#388EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#388EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EBC

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EBC	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.107 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafd0',
    500: '#388ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ebc;
$custom-light: #7fafd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61502,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EBC

secondary

#C99E87

accent

#7E4ADD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EBC

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

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