#388ECD#388ECD

#388ECD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.125 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388ECD
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -4.79, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 40.14, 263.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0546 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.125 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3191, 24.5920, 61.3162)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388ECD #CD7738

analogous

#38CDC1 #388ECD #3843CD

triadic

#388ECD #CD388E #8ECD38

tetradic

#388ECD #C138CD #CD7738 #43CD38

square

#388ECD #C138CD #CD7738 #43CD38

split-complementary

#388ECD #CD3843 #CDC138

monochromatic

#1C4C6F #286DA0 #388ECD #69AAD9 #9AC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#388ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#388ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388ECD

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388ECD	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.125 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aedc',
    500: '#388ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ecd;
$custom-light: #81aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.369,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388ECD

secondary

#D1AB8F

accent

#8845E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388ECD

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

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