#388EBE#388EBE

#388EBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.109 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EBE
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -9.99, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 33.95, 252.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0594 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.109 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5945, 23.9022, 52.2334)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EBE #BE6838

analogous

#38BEAB #388EBE #384BBE

triadic

#388EBE #BE388E #8EBE38

tetradic

#388EBE #AB38BE #BE6838 #4BBE38

square

#388EBE #AB38BE #BE6838 #4BBE38

split-complementary

#388EBE #BE384B #BEAB38

monochromatic

#1C475F #2A6B8F #388EBE #62A9D1 #92C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#388EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#388EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EBE

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EBE	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.109 236.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.493,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61601,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EBE

secondary

#CAA088

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EBE

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

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