#388EDC#388EDC

#388EDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.143 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EDC
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 220)
HSL	hsl(209, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 0.53, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 47.11, 270.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0504 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.143 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2173, 25.3513, 71.3132)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EDC #DC8638

analogous

#38DCD8 #388EDC #383CDC

triadic

#388EDC #DC388E #8EDC38

tetradic

#388EDC #D838DC #DC8638 #3CDC38

square

#388EDC #D838DC #DC8638 #3CDC38

split-complementary

#388EDC #DC383C #DCD838

monochromatic

#174F83 #206FB7 #388EDC #6CACE5 #A0C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#388EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#388EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EDC

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EDC	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A92DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.143 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aee7',
    500: '#388edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388edc;
$custom-light: #84aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.537,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63195,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EDC

secondary

#DBB695

accent

#903BED

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EDC

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

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