#388EC4#388EC4

#388EC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EC4
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -7.92, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 36.30, 257.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0574 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.115 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2638, 24.1699, 55.7584)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EC4 #C46E38

analogous

#38C4B4 #388EC4 #3848C4

triadic

#388EC4 #C4388E #8EC438

tetradic

#388EC4 #B438C4 #C46E38 #48C438

square

#388EC4 #B438C4 #C46E38 #48C438

split-complementary

#388EC4 #C43848 #C4B438

monochromatic

#1D4965 #2A6C94 #388EC4 #66A9D3 #96C4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#388EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#388EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EC4

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EC4	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed6',
    500: '#388ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ec4;
$custom-light: #80aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61901,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EC4

secondary

#CCA58C

accent

#8349DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EC4

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

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