#388FC9#388FC9

#388FC9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388FC9
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -6.76, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 38.04, 259.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0568 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.12 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9919, 24.7002, 58.8556)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388FC9 #C97238

analogous

#38C9BA #388FC9 #3846C9

triadic

#388FC9 #C9388F #8FC938

tetradic

#388FC9 #BA38C9 #C97238 #46C938

square

#388FC9 #BA38C9 #C97238 #46C938

split-complementary

#388FC9 #C93846 #C9BA38

monochromatic

#1D4B6A #2A6D9A #388FC9 #68AAD6 #98C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#388FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#388FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FC9

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388FC9	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afd9',
    500: '#388fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388fc9;
$custom-light: #81afd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62392,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388FC9

secondary

#CFA88E

accent

#8547E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388FC9

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

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