#388FCD#388FCD

#388FCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.125 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388FCD
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -5.36, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 39.76, 262.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0556 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.125 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4685, 24.8909, 61.3660)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388FCD #CD7638

analogous

#38CDC0 #388FCD #3844CD

triadic

#388FCD #CD388F #8FCD38

tetradic

#388FCD #C038CD #CD7638 #44CD38

square

#388FCD #C038CD #CD7638 #44CD38

split-complementary

#388FCD #CD3844 #CDC038

monochromatic

#1C4C6F #286EA0 #388FCD #69ABD9 #9AC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#388FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#388FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FCD

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388FCD	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.125 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81afdc',
    500: '#388fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388fcd;
$custom-light: #81afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.966,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62601,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388FCD

secondary

#D1AB8F

accent

#8745E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388FCD

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

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