#388EBD#388EBD

#388EBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.108 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EBD
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -10.33, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 33.57, 252.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0598 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.108 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4856, 23.8586, 51.6598)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EBD #BD6738

analogous

#38BDA9 #388EBD #384BBD

triadic

#388EBD #BD388E #8EBD38

tetradic

#388EBD #A938BD #BD6738 #4BBD38

square

#388EBD #A938BD #BD6738 #4BBD38

split-complementary

#388EBD #BD384B #BDA938

monochromatic

#1C475F #2A6B8E #388EBD #62A9D0 #91C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#388EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#388EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EBD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EBD	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.108 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafd1',
    500: '#388ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ebd;
$custom-light: #7fafd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.203,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61551,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EBD

secondary

#C99F87

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EBD

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

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