#386E8B#386E8B

#386E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.073 H 234.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#386E8B
RGB	rgb(56, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, -8.84, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 23.09, 247.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% -0.043 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.073 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8653, 13.8556, 26.4702)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#386E8B #8B5538

analogous

#388B7E #386E8B #38448B

triadic

#386E8B #8B386E #6E8B38

tetradic

#386E8B #7E388B #8B5538 #448B38

square

#386E8B #7E388B #8B5538 #448B38

split-complementary

#386E8B #8B3844 #8B7E38

monochromatic

#152934 #264B5F #386E8B #4A90B6 #76ABC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#386E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#386E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #386E8B

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##386E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##386E8B	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55648B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #386e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.073 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7697ad',
    500: '#386e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #386e8b;
$custom-light: #7697ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#386e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.964,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51367,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#386E8B

secondary

#B1856E

accent

#8155D2

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #386E8B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →