#388EC8#388EC8

#388EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.120 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EC8
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -6.53, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 37.97, 260.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0562 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.12 242)
XYZ	xyz(21.7252, 24.3544, 58.1883)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EC8 #C87238

analogous

#38C8BA #388EC8 #3846C8

triadic

#388EC8 #C8388E #8EC838

tetradic

#388EC8 #BA38C8 #C87238 #46C838

square

#388EC8 #BA38C8 #C87238 #46C838

split-complementary

#388EC8 #C83846 #C8BA38

monochromatic

#1D4A69 #2A6C99 #388EC8 #68A9D5 #98C4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#388EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#388EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EC8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EC8	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.120 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80aed9',
    500: '#388ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ec8;
$custom-light: #80aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62107,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.24357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EC8

secondary

#CEA88E

accent

#8548E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EC8

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

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