#388FB3#388FB3

#388FB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.098 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388FB3
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -14.26, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 30.04, 241.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0644 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.098 229)
XYZ	xyz(19.5868, 23.7382, 46.1887)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388FB3 #B35C38

analogous

#38B399 #388FB3 #3851B3

triadic

#388FB3 #B3388F #8FB338

tetradic

#388FB3 #9938B3 #B35C38 #51B338

square

#388FB3 #9938B3 #B35C38 #51B338

split-complementary

#388FB3 #B33851 #B39938

monochromatic

#1B4556 #296A84 #388FB3 #5CABCC #8BC3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#388FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#388FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FB3

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388FB3	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.098 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafca',
    500: '#388fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388fb3;
$custom-light: #7dafca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61315,
    "c": 0.09813,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.2374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388FB3

secondary

#C59582

accent

#764CDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388FB3

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

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