#388FB8#388FB8

#388FB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.103 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388FB8
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 184)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -12.58, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 31.58, 246.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0625 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.103 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1016, 23.9441, 48.9004)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388FB8 #B86138

analogous

#38B8A1 #388FB8 #384FB8

triadic

#388FB8 #B8388F #8FB838

tetradic

#388FB8 #A138B8 #B86138 #4FB838

square

#388FB8 #A138B8 #B86138 #4FB838

split-complementary

#388FB8 #B8384F #B8A138

monochromatic

#1B465A #2A6B89 #388FB8 #5FABCE #8EC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#388FB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#388FB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FB8

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388FB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388FB8	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388fb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.103 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafcd',
    500: '#388fb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388fb8;
$custom-light: #7eafcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388fb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388FB8

secondary

#C79A85

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388FB8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →