#388db2

Color #388db2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.14 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#388db2

RGB

rgb(56, 141, 178)

HSL

hsl(198.2, 52.1%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.2, 68.5%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(55.18, -13.48, -26.87)

LCH

lch(55.18, 30.06, 243.36)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.098, 230.22)

HWB

hwb(198.2, 22%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b25d38

Analogous

#38b29a

#388db2

#3850b2

Triadic

#388db2

#b2388d

#8db238

Split-complementary

#388db2

#b23850

#b29a38

Tetradic

#388db2

#5d38b2

#b25d38

#8db238

Square

#388db2

#9a38b2

#b25d38

#50b238

Shades

Color #388db2 mixed toward black.

#2f7694

#255e77

#1c4759

#132f3b

#09181e

Tints

Color #388db2 mixed toward white.

#50a4c8

#73b6d3

#96c8de

#b9dae9

#dcedf4

Tones

Color #388db2 mixed toward gray.

#4289a8

#4c859e

#578194

#617d89

#6b797f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6868aa · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#635ca8 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#40a3a2 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #388db2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#388db2]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#388db2 (#388db2) is rgb(56, 141, 178) in RGB.

No, #388db2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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