#388FCA#388FCA

#388FCA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388FCA
RGBrgb(56, 143, 202)
HSLhsl(204, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(204, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(56.83, -6.41, -37.92)
CIE-LCHlch(56.83, 38.46, 260.41°)
OKLaboklab(62.44% -0.0565 -0.1072)
OKLCHoklch(62.44% 0.121 242.2)
XYZxyz(22.1099, 24.7474, 59.4771)
Luminance0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388FCA #CA7338
analogous
#38CABC #388FCA #3846CA
triadic
#388FCA #CA388F #8FCA38
tetradic
#388FCA #BC38CA #CA7338 #46CA38
square
#388FCA #BC38CA #CA7338 #46CA38
split-complementary
#388FCA #CA3846 #CABC38
monochromatic
#1D4B6B #296D9B #388FCA #68AAD7 #99C5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53
#388FCA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95
#388FCA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FCA
5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388FCA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388FCA1.003.535.955.95
#FFFFFF3.531.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9521.001.001.00
##0000005.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7490CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6082C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388fca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 242.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afda',
    500: '#388fca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388fca;
$custom-light: #81afda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388fca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.247,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388FCA
secondary
#CFA98E
accent
#8547E1
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0C1015
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

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#388FCA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva